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- NAME: Hattie Ophelia Caraway
- OCCUPATION: U.S. Representative
- BIRTH DATE: February 01, 1878
- DEATH DATE: December 21, 1950
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Bakerville, Tennessee
- PLACE OF DEATH: Falls Church, Virginia
- Maiden Name: Hattie Ophelia Wyatt
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Arkansas teacher Hattie Ophelia Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1932.
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Originally appointed in 1931 to fill the senate seat of her deceased husband, Thaddeus H. Caraway, Arkansas teacher Hattie Ophelia Caraway won his U.S. senate seat herself in a subsequent election, making her the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She later became the first woman in Congress to cosponsor the Equal Rights Amendment.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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