Under the Biden administration, nearly half of all Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions were held by women. Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She served under Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Share of Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions held by women in the United States from 1963 to 2021
Percentages are based on the maximum number of women serving concurrently in a given administration. Includes only women presidential appointees confirmed by the Senate to Cabinet or Cabinet-level positions. Figure for Biden's first term is the percent of women appointees confirmed as of January 2021. out of the total number of Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions confirmed at that time.
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Pew Research Center. (January 20, 2021). Share of Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions held by women in the United States from 1963 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/691173/share-of-women-in-us-cabinet-positions-johnson-to-trump/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions held by women in the United States from 1963 to 2021." Chart. January 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/691173/share-of-women-in-us-cabinet-positions-johnson-to-trump/
Pew Research Center. (2021). Share of Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions held by women in the United States from 1963 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/691173/share-of-women-in-us-cabinet-positions-johnson-to-trump/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Cabinet and Cabinet-level Positions Held by Women in The United States from 1963 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/691173/share-of-women-in-us-cabinet-positions-johnson-to-trump/
Pew Research Center, Share of Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions held by women in the United States from 1963 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/691173/share-of-women-in-us-cabinet-positions-johnson-to-trump/ (last visited November 19, 2024)
Share of Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions held by women in the United States from 1963 to 2021 [Graph], Pew Research Center, January 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/691173/share-of-women-in-us-cabinet-positions-johnson-to-trump/
