Who was Rebecca L. Felton?
A fascinating woman. Rebecca L. Felton was, among other things
- the first woman to occupy a seat in the US Senate (from Georgia)
- the oldest person to ever be sworn in for the first time as a US Senator (87 years old)
- the person who served the shortest term in history as a US Senator (1 day)
- the wife, speechwriter, and secretary of a US Congressman
- author and subject of several books
- newspaper editor, columnist, and activist
“A Senator of the U.S., a woman, is still a sort of political joke with our masculine leaders in party politics. . .But the trail has been blazed! The road is apparently rough—maybe rocky—but the trail has been located. It is an established fact. While it is also a romantic adventure, it will ever remain an historical precedent—never to be erased.”– Rebecca Felton, Nov. 7, 1922
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