Filibustress

She thereby sparked a small argument among veteran Senate gallery-ites about whether she should be called a filibusterer or a filibustress.

[…]joy-bells rang in the ears of the dusky filibustress as she struggled for breath.

I was watching the House of Representatives On C-SPAN and it made me think of you. Then I watched Mr.Smith goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart, in the filibuster, and I was thinking to myself, I bet Irma would be a great filibustress!