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Cartoon Depicting the Seating of the First Woman Senator, Rebecca Felton (D-GA), 1922


Cartoon Depicting the Seating of the First Woman Senator, Rebecca Felton (D-GA), 1922
Initially uncertain whether the Senate would accept her credentials, Rebecca Felton lobbied to be seated among her peers. Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman memorialized the historic moment for the November 22, 1922, edition of Washington's Evening Star newspaper.
credit: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center