 the united states cabinet has had 31&nbsp;female officers. no woman held a cabinet position before the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the united states constitution in 1920, which prohibits states and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex. frances perkins was the first woman to serve in the cabinet; she was appointed secretary of labor in 1933 by president franklin d. roosevelt. oveta culp hobby became the second woman to serve in the cabinet, when she was named head of the then newly formed department of health, education, and welfare in 1953.{{cite web|url=http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhshist.html|title=historical highlights|publisher=united states department of health and human services|date=|acces
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