HATTIE W. CARAWAY
(Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway)
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She arrived in Washington to take her place in the Senate. After looking about, she observed:
The first woman elected to a full term in the Senate rarely participated in the Senate debates:
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Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside over the Senate. She won reelection to a full term in 1932 with the active support of fellow Senator Huey Long, of neighboring Louisiana. She was the first woman to win an election for the United States Senate.
