Women of the CBC: Women of the CBC Bios

Discover the ways in which women of the CBC have shaped United States history.

U.S. House of Representatives

Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D-CA)

Cardiss Collins (D-IL)

Barbara Jordan (D-TX)

Katie Hall (D-IN)

Barbara-Rose Collins (D-MI)

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Maxine Waters (D-CA)

Eva Clayton (D-NC)

Corrine Brown (D-FL)

Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)

Carrie Meek (D-FL)

Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)

Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)

Julia Carson (D-IN)

Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI)

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI)

Barbara Lee (D-CA)

Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)

Diane Watson (D-CA)

Denise Majette (D-GA)

Gwen Moore (D-WI)

Yvette Clarke (D-NY)

Laura Richardson (D-CA)

Donna Edwards (D-MD)

Marcia Fudge (D-OH)

Karen Bass (D-CA)

Terri Sewell (D-AL)

Frederica Wilson (D-FL)

Joyce Beatty (D-OH)

Robin Kelly (D-IL)

Alma Adams (D-NC)

Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)

Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

Val Demings (D-FL)

Brenda Jones (D-MI)

Jahana Hayes (D-CT)

Lucy McBath (D-GA)

Ilhan Omar (D-MN)

Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)

Lauren Underwood (D-IL)

Shontel Brown (D-OH)

Cori Bush (D-MO)

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)

Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)

Nikema Williams (D-GA)

Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)

Valerie Foushee (D-NC)

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)

Summer Lee (D-PA)

Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH)

Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)

LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)

Erica Lee Carter (D-TX)

Janelle Bynum (D-OR)

Lateefah Simon (D-CA)

U.S. Senate

Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL)

Kamala Harris (D-CA)

Laphonza Butler (D-CA)

Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD)

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
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