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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHIRLEYCHISHOLM First black woman elected to Congress, 1968 (15) New York Times Mar 4, 2017
44% SHIRLEY ___ Chisholm, first Black woman elected to Congress (7) New York Times Apr 6, 2025
40% MIA ___ Love, first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican (3)
3% CHOSE Conservative replacing first of those elected (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 15, 2025
3% EVE First woman in the Bible (3)
3% OPTS Elects (to) (4) Universal Oct 7, 2025
3% BHUTTO Benazir ---, first woman to be elected leader of a Muslim-majority nation (6) The Times Specialist Sep 29, 2025
3% SEN Congress member, for short (3)
3% NANCY Pelosi of Congress (5) Commuter Sep 18, 2025
3% SUSANHILL Author of the ghostly tale The Woman in Black (9) The Times Specialist Sep 15, 2025

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