It was 1897 when Martha Hughes Cannon became the first female state senator in Utah and in the nation.
But over the last 122 years, only about 30 other women have followed her into the Utah Senate, according to a list that caused a stir on social media Wednesday morning.
“I had no idea it was such a small group. I am only the 8th Republican woman to serve here,” Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, wrote in a tweet about the list.
Historian Ron Fox shared this list with me today of all females to serve in the Utah Senate since 1896.