A Centennial of Suffrage: 1990-2020

1992 – “Year of the Woman”

6 women elected to Senate:

Photo from imow.org

· Carol Mosley Braun (D) IL- First African American woman elected to the Senate

· Dianne Feinstein (D) CA

· Pat Murray (D) WA

· Barbara Mikulski(D) MD

· Barbara Boxer (D) CA

· Jocelyn Burdick (D) ND- (not pictured) Only served the remaining 3 months of her husband’s term

Congress:

· Helen Delich Bentley (R) MD

· Beverly Barton Butcher Byron (D) CA

· Eva Clayton (D) NC

· Barbara Rose Collins (D) MI

· Cardiss Collins (D) IL

· Rosa L. DeLauro (D) CT

· Joan Kelly Horn (D) MO

· Nancy Lee Johnson (R) CT

· Marcia Carolyn Kaptur (D) OH

· Barbara Bailey Kenelly (D) CT

· Marilyn Laird Lloyd (D) TN

· Jill Lynette Long (D) IN

· Nita M. Loway (D) NY

· Jan Meyers (R) KS

· Patsy Takemoto Mink (D) HI

· Susan Molinari (R) NY

· Constance A. Morella (R) MD

· Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) DC

· Mary Rose Oakar (D) OH

· Elizabeth J. Patterson (D) SC

· Nancy Pelosi (D) CA

· Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) FL

· Margaret Scafati Roukema (R) NJ

· Patricia Scott Schroeder (D) CO

· Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D) NY

· Olympia Jean Snowe (R) ME

· Jolene Unsoeld (D) WA

· Barbara Farrell Vucanovich (R) NV

· Maxine Waters (D) CA

Women’s Political Organizations were an important factor in the 1992 elections:

NOW, The National Women’s Political Caucus, Emily’s List, The Women’s Campaign Fund, etc…More women supporting women campaigning for office.

** I have the photos of the reps, when I saved them from the US House of Reps. Website, not all of them were .jpgs and they only show up as files. For our board I am printing directly from the site so all the photos are the same size. The site I am printing from is http://history.house.gov/People/Search - women in congress – 102^nd congress.

1993 – Janet Reno: Appointed as the first woman Attorney General by President Clinton.Previously was the first woman to serve as the State Attorney for Dade County, FL from 1978-1993.

1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg (D): Supreme Court Justice appointed by President Clinton

“legal architect of the modern women’s movement” She is a strong voice for gender equality, worker’s rights and separation of church and state.

1997 – Madeline Albright: First Woman Secretary of State

Background in enhancing women’s professional opportunities in international affairs.

2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) NY: The 1^st First Lady to be elected to Senate

Pro-choice, advocate for childcare, reproductive and health care. Co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Fair Pay Restoration Act.

2005- Condoleeza Rice: First African American woman Secretary of State, appointed by George W. Bush. Influential in US Diplomacy and foreign affairs: Supported the expansion of democratic governments, addressing issues such as disease, drug smuggling, human trafficking/human rights issues and foreign nuclear programs and testing.

2007 – Nancy Pelosi (D) CA: First woman Speaker of the House

Focused on strengthening the middle class through job creation, health care, child nutrition and food safety. Led Congress to repeal “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”