As of 2022, Montana ranked 22nd out of 50 American states in terms of percentage of state legislators who are women.[1] Within the Montana State Legislature, 32.7 percent of all members were women in 2022.[1] From statehood in 1889 to 2024, the state of Montana had only one female governor, Judy Martz.[2] Although the first woman to be elected to the United States Congress was from Montana in 1916,[3] the state had not elected another woman to Congress as of 2021.[4][5]
- ^ a b "State Legislature – Numbers and Percentage of Officeholders by Year". CAWP – Center for American Women and Politics. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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