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title: "Who was the first African-American woman to become a U.S. senator?"  
description: "Who was the first African-American woman to become a U.S. senator?"  
author: "Sharon Parkar"  
published: 2018-02-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35646/who-was-the-first-african-american-woman-to-become-a-u-s-senator  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["us history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who was the first African-American woman to become a U.S. senator?

Who was the first African-[American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41823/how-much-did-the-vietnam-war-cost-american-taxpayers) [woman to become](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34445/in-1998-cristina-sanchez-became-the-first-woman-to-become-what) a U.S. senator?


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