Hattie Ophelia  WYATT

1932 - Hattie O. W. Caraway (D) was the first woman elected to the United States Senate. She succeeded her husband.
In 1932, Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway made history by becoming the first woman elected to the United States Senate. Her election was a significant milestone in the ongoing struggle for gender equality and women's rights. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, succeeded her late husband, Thaddeus Caraway, who had served in the Senate until his death. Initially appointed to fill her husband's vacancy, Caraway's decision to run for a full term was groundbreaking and challenged traditional gender roles and expectations.

Despite facing significant challenges and prejudices due to her gender, Caraway ran a successful campaign, winning the election and securing her place in history. Throughout her tenure in the Senate, she championed various causes, including veterans' benefits and women's rights. Caraway's election paved the way for future generations of women to enter the political arena and helped break down barriers to women's full participation in government and public life.
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1932 - January 12 – Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
Hattie Wyatt Caraway served for 14 years in the U.S. Senate and established a number of 'firsts,' including her 1932 feat of winning election to the upper chamber of Congress in her own right. Drawing principally from the power of the widow's mandate and the personal relationships she cultivated with a wide cross–section of her constituency, 'Silent Hattie' was a faithful, if staid, supporter of New Deal reforms, which aided her largely agricultural state...
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January 12, 1932