womanmarch, he chose a who was 87 years old by that time. she was also sort of the grand old game of politics. her husband had been a and she has been a very prominent figure. she wrote a newspaper column and was a strong suffragist. two is very well known across state. governor appointed her he made history by putting the first woman into the senate views was also hoping he would help with histo election. when he appoints sir, the senate was out of session. it was expected that she would never be sworn into office. that she would never be served, it was a purely symbolic move. votenow have the right to and most of them were opposed to him because he had been a very strong opponent of women suffrage. seat andointer to the her service begins in october. she doesn't have a chance to be sworn in but over the next few weeks, women across the u.s. began to position a special session of congress and they call for her to be sworn in so she can really serve as a u.s. senator and eventually that is what happened. .he special session was called felton