Rebecca Latimer Felton

Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton (June 10, 1835–January 24, 1930) was an American writer, teacher, reformer, and briefly a politician who became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, filling an appointment on November 21, 1922, and serving until the next day.

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• {{bioguide}} http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000069 http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000070 Retrieved March 1, 2005.
• U.S. Senate. First woman senator appointed. Retrieved March 1, 2005.