Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.

Minnie D. Craig

American politician (1883–1966)

Minnie Craig was an American legislator, notable as the first female speaker of a state House of Representatives in the United States.

List of speakers of the North Dakota House of Representatives

The following is a list of speakers of the North Dakota House of Representatives, a position that was created with the state's constitution in 1889. The term indicated is the year of the legislative session in which the individual served as speaker. It is customary for the…

Speaker (politics)

Presiding officer of a legislative body

The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England.

January 3

Day of the year

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