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1920s. 1930s
Newsreel depicting the women's suffrage movement. Clip opens with women voting. Shot of Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman to serve in the House of Representatives. In 1925 Wyoming voters made Nellie Tayloe Ross the country's first elected woman governor. President Roosevelt designates Ms. Ross as a director of the U.S. Mint. Hattie W. Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the US Senate in 1932. Shot of Heart Metrotone News clip. Ms. Caraway walking down the steps of the Capitol. Amelia Earhart sits in her plane and accepts a bouquet of roses from well-wishers. Earhart at White House surrounded by four women as she speaks about equal rights for women.