2016-03-04 history; feminism; cool chicks from history; gracie pfost; congress; first woman; first women; idaho; government; elections; voting; vote Idaho Day uispecialcollections: March 4 is Idaho Day with a theme of Idaho Heroes: Past or Present. UI Library Special Collections honors Gracie Pfost, the first woman elected to congress from Idaho, representing the state’s first congressional district from 1953 to 1963.