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massachusetts

First Woman
U.S. Senator

Year: 2013-Present

Elizabeth Warren

First Woman
Admitted Lawyer

Year: 1882

Lelia Josephine Robinson

First Woman

Governor

Year: 2001-2003*
Year: 2023-**

Jane Maria Swift (acting*)
Maura Healey (elected**)

First Woman
U.S. Representative

Year: 1925-1961

Edith Nourse Rogers

First Woman
State Court Judge

Year: 1930

Emma Fall Schofield &
Sadie Lipner Shulman

First Woman
State Supreme Court Judge

Year: 1978-2000

Ruth Ida Abrams

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