Use the table to answer the question.
Texas Women in Congress, 1966–Present
Name Chamber Years in
Office
Political
Party
Area
Represented
Race/
Ethnicity
Lera M. Thomas House of
Representatives
1966–1967
(9 months)
Democrat Houston White
Barbara Jordan House of
Representatives
1973–1979 Democrat Houston Black
Kay Bailey Hutchison Senate 1993–2013 Republican Statewide White
Eddie Bernice Johnson House of
Representatives
1993–2023 Democrat Dallas Black
Sheila Jackson Lee House of
Representatives
1995–present Democrat Houston Black
Kay Granger House of
Representatives
1997–present Republican Fort Worth White
Shelley Sekula Gibbs House of
Representatives
2006–2007
(7 weeks)
Republican Houston White
Veronica Escobar House of
Representatives
2019–present Democrat El Paso Hispanic
Elizabeth “Lizzie”
Fletcher
House of
Representatives
2019–present Democrat Houston White
Sylvia Garcia House of
Representatives
2019–present Democrat Houston Hispanic
Beth Van Duyne House of
Representatives
2021–present Republican Irving White
Which of these statements best identifies a trend about Texas women who have served in Congress since the late 1960s?
(1 point)
More women from Texas served in Congress during the 1970s and 1980s.
Most women from Texas elected to Congress served no more than one term.
More women from Texas served in Congress during the late 2010s than in the 1990s.
Most women from Texas elected to Congress represent rural areas of the state.