On November 8, 1938, Crystal Bird Fauset was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, becoming the first African American woman to serve in a state legislature in the United States. Representing the 18th District of Philadelphia, which was 66% white at the time, Fauset introduced nine bills and three amendments focusing on public health, housing for the poor, public relief, and women’s workplace rights during her tenure.
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