Rebecca Latimer Felton
U.S. Congressperson
1835 – 1930
Who was Rebecca Latimer Felton?
Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton was an American writer, lecturer, reformer, and politician who became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate. She was the most prominent woman in Georgia in the Progressive Era, and was honored by appointment to the Senate. She was sworn in November 21, 1922, and served just 24 hours. 87 years old, 9 months, and 22 days, she was the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate. As of 2013, she is also the only woman to have served as a Senator from Georgia. Her husband William Harrell Felton was a member of the United States House of Representatives and Georgia House of Representatives and she ran his campaigns. She was a prominent society woman; an advocate of prison reform, women's suffrage and educational modernization; and one of the few prominent women who spoke in favor of lynching. Bartley reports that by 1915 she "was championing a lengthy feminist program that ranged from prohibition to equal pay for equal work."
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1835
Decatur - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jan 24, 1930
Atlanta
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on July 23, 2013
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