Women in Politics

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Across
  1. 4. This amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
  2. 6. As of March 2025, this many women have served as governor of Virginia.
  3. 7. Sarah _____ is the first out transgender person elected to Congress, serving since 2025.
  4. 8. Nellie Tayloe _____ was the first woman to serve as Governor of a state (Wyoming).
  5. 10. Out of 115 US Supreme Court Justices in history, only _____ have been women.
  6. 12. Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to serve as British Prime Minister, was dubbed the _____. (one word)
  7. 14. Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, represented this state.
Down
  1. 1. The first woman to serve as Vice President. (one word)
  2. 2. The first woman to run for President was _____ Woodhull in 1872.
  3. 3. Nancy ____ was the first woman to be elected Speaker of the House.
  4. 5. The first black woman to run for President, Shirley Chisolm, was a Congresswoman from _____. (one word)
  5. 9. Madeline Albright, Condi Rice, and Hillary Clinton are the only three women to have served as Secretary of _____.
  6. 11. Hillary Clinton is the only _____ to run for President herself. (one word)
  7. 13. _____ Haley was the first woman to win a republican presidential primary.