Marianne Hernandez

Marianne Pauline Hernandez was a Kinkowan politician who served as a Kinkow Senator from Alleron from 1466 to 1500. A member of the Free Party, Hernandez was appointed by the Alleron State legislature to represent the state in the Senate for the First Kinkow Congress. She subsequently won reelection eight times, serving a total of nine terms in the Kinkow Senate. Hernandez was one of the three original women to be appointed to the Senate and was the first woman to be sworn into the Senate, making her the first ever female senator. Throughout her career in the Senate, she was an outspoken advocate of women's rights, increasing the number of female senators in the Senate and mentored many female senators; including Senators Julianne Oliver and Frances Markell, two prominent female senators in Kinkow history. Hernandez was one of the founding members of the Hartley Ten group and served as its leader, throughout the entirety of its existence. In addition, Hernandez held high-ranking roles in the Senate and in the Senate Free Party, such as Secretary of the Senate Freerian Caucus and Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee. In 1500, Hernandez announced her retirement from the Senate, after serving in the body for thirty-four years.