With our 24-hour news cycle, we are used to media following politician's every move. For the first women in Congress, the media coverage was just as extensive for the early 1900's. They were a novelty and American's wanted to know their every move. Read more about how the media characterized the first congresswomen.

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congress, women's history

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first women in congress, history, art & archives: media curiosities, media coverage of first congresswomen

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional