congresswoman

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In fact, when she ran for president in 2020 while serving as a congresswoman for Hawaii’s second district, her platform was explicitly built around an anti-Iran war message.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

“When we abandon diplomacy,” the Minnesota congresswoman said, “we choose destruction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

A former ally — Marjorie Taylor Greene, previously a GOP congresswoman for Georgia — is among the critics.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

He also founded a gun safety group along with his wife, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head at an event in 2011 and survived.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Former congresswoman Constance A. Morella recalled, “That glass ceiling is being shattered.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler