Women Elected Officials by Race/Ethnicity

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Name Sort descending	Race/Ethnicity	Party	Roles	State
Bella S. Abzug	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1973-1976) U.S. Representative (1971-1972)	New York
Shirley Chisholm	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1969-1982) State Representative (1965-1968)	New York
Florence P. Dwyer	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (1967-1972) U.S. Representative (1957-1966) State Representative (1950-1956)	New Jersey
Ella T. Grasso	White	Democrat	Governor (1975-1980) U.S. Representative (1971-1974) Secretary of State (1959-1970) State Representative (1953-1956)	Connecticut
Edith Green	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1955-1974)	Oregon
Martha W. Griffiths	White	Democrat	Lt. Governor (1983-1990) U.S. Representative (1955-1974) State Representative (1949-1952)	Michigan
Julia Butler Hansen	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1960-1974) State Representative (1939-1960)	Washington
Margaret M. Heckler	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (1967-1982)	Massachusetts
Louise Day Hicks	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1971-1972)	Massachusetts
Patsy Takemoto Mink	Asian American/Pacific Islander	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1990-2002) U.S. Representative (1965-1976) State Senator (1963-1964) Territorial/D.C. Senator (1959-1960) Territorial/D.C. Representative (1957-1958)	Hawaii
Margaret Chase Smith	White	Republican	U.S. Senator (1949-1972) U.S. Representative (1940-1948)	Maine
Leonor K. Sullivan	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1953-1976)	Missouri