State Legislature
Answer
Number of women serving: 2,133 out of 7,383 seats
Percentage of women: 28.9%
Number of Republicans: 665
Number of Democrats: 1,446
Number of nonpartisans: 14
Number of independents: 4
Women of color: 540
First women elected: Clara Cressingham, Carrie C. Holly, and Frances Klock - 1894
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Fact sheet on women in state legislatures from the Center for American Women in Politics, Rutgers University.