[The Symzonia Review] July 20

[Symzonia Review]

On the 20th in 1921, Alice Mary Robertson became the first woman to preside over the House of Representatives in the United States Congress. She was the second woman[i] in the House, but the first female representative from Oklahoma. There would not be another female representative from Oklahoma until 2006[ii].

[i] Jeannette Rankin represented Montana from 1917 to 1919.
[ii] Mary Fallin was elected to represent Oklahoma's 5th congressional district.

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