AMHERST, NY — The Amherst Main Public Library will be under a new name in the near future. On Monday, the town of Amherst ...

The late Utah Rep. Mia Love was honored Monday with the first ever Martha Hughes Cannon Legacy Award, highlighting her ...

Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to Congress. She represented her Montana district with a fierce devotion to ...

On Nov. 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress. Also on this date: In 1917, Russia’s ...

Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) is retiring from Congress at the end of her term after serving for over three decades in the ...

OHIO (WJW) – Ohio Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar, who was the first democratic woman elected to Congress from Ohio, has died. According to a statement from Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) on Sunday, ...

GEORGIA (WALB) - On this day in 1992, Cynthia McKinney made history as the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Georgia. McKinney followed in her father’s footsteps, serving in the ...

Historian Lorissa Rinehart visited the University of Georgia as the featured speaker at the Jeannette Rankin Legacy Lecture ...

Longtime U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens) announced Nov. 20 that she will not seek reelection in 2026 following ...

Her departure will mark the end of an era for Congress. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of her current term in Congress, starting the long goodbye ...

In 1992, Velázquez became the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress. She announced on Thursday that she will not seek ...