Former Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, the first Arab American woman in Congress and a political casualty of the 1992 House banking ...

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Ohio Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar, who was the first democratic woman elected to Congress from Ohio, has died.

As Congress gets sworn in on Thursday, some congresswomen who made history in November are starting work. In what some refer to as the "pink wave" on Election Day 2018, a record number of women were ...

On a recent hot and steamy July evening in Washington, D.C., the players for a unique sporting event were warming up. Audi Field, home of the DC United and Washington Spirit soccer teams, had been ...

Cori Bush, a St. Louis, Missouri, native, did not grow up thinking she would become a member of Congress. She is a formerly homeless Black woman who faced domestic violence and became a single mom ...

In her 16 years on Capitol Hill, she emerged as a champion of women’s rights, especially equal pay for comparable work.

As Congress gets sworn in on Thursday, some congresswomen who made history in November are starting work. In what some refer to as the "pink wave" on Election Day 2018, a record number of women were ...