Rebecca Latimer Felton
Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton (10 Juni 1835 – 24 Januari 1930 ) adalah seorang penulis, pengajar, reformer dan politikus asal Amerika Serikat yang menjadi wanita pertama yang menjabat dalam Senat AS, meskipun ia hanya menjabat selama sehari.[1][2] Ia adalah wanita paling berpengaruh di Georgia pada Era Progresif, dan dihormati atas pelantikannya di Senat. Ia dilantik pada 21 November 1922, dan hanya menjabat selama 24 jam.
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| Senator Amerika Serikat dari Georgia | |
| Masa jabatan 21 November 1922 – 22 November 1922 | |
| Ditunjuk oleh | Thomas W. Hardwick |
| Pendahulu | Thomas E. Watson |
| Pengganti | Walter F. George |
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| Lahir | Rebecca Ann Latimer 10 Juni 1835 Decatur, Georgia, AS |
| Meninggal | 24 Januari 1930 (umur 94) Atlanta, Georgia, AS |
| Partai politik | Demokrat |
| Suami/istri | William Harrell Felton |
| Pendidikan | Madison Female College |
Catatan
- Jennifer Steinhauer (March 21, 2013). "Once Few, Women Hold More Power in Senate". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal March 30, 2014.
Referensi
- Felton, Rebecca Latimer (1919). Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth. Index Print.
- Litwack, Leon F. (1999). Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow (edisi ke-1st). New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-375-70263-1.
- Scott, Thomas A. (ed.) (1995). Cornerstones of Georgia History: Documents That Formed the State. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1743-4.
- Talmage, John E. Rebecca Latimer Felton: Nine Stormy Decades (1960)
- Talmage, John E. "Felton, Rebecca Ann Latimer" in Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women: A biographical dictionary (1971) 1:606-7
Pranala luar
- Rebecca Latimer Felton di Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835–1930) Diarsipkan 2013-04-08 di Wayback Machine. New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- U.S. Senate. First woman senator appointed. Retrieved March 1, 2005.
- Uncorrected transcript of interview with Richard Baker, Senate Historian, on C-SPAN Q&A television program, June 12, 2005
- Photograph of Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1927 Vanishing Georgia Collection.
- Felton Home historical marker
- Rebecca Latimer Felton historical marker
- Video interview with Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1929
- Transcript of Rebecca Latimer Felton's First and Only Speech to the U.S. Senate
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