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Since 1992, there has been at least one new woman elected to the Senate every two years, with the exception of 2004 (Lisa Murkowski was elected for the first time in 2004, but had been appointed to the seat since 2002).
3 On election day in 1992, three women served in the Senate; two were elected and one was appointed. On November 3rd, Dianne Feinstein won a special election to complete two years of a term; she was sworn in on November 10, 1992.
Apr 2, 2017 · A record 47 women were elected to the House of Representatives, 24 for the first time, in what became known as “The Year of the Woman.” Women also won an additional four seats in the Senate,...
Nov 2, 2018 · But because prior to 1992, there had never been more than two women serving in the Senate at the same time, to get four women elected was a huge deal.
Never before had four women been elected to the Senate in a single election year. Headline writers hailed “The Year of the Woman.” To this, Senator Mikulski responded, “Calling 1992 the Year of the Woman makes it sound like the Year of the Caribou or the Year of the Asparagus. We’re not a fad, a fancy, or a year.”
Sep 26, 2013 · September 26, 2013. The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was...
Women Senators. To date, 60 women have served in the United States Senate, with 25 serving at this time (indicated in bold print below). Visit Women of the Senate to learn more about the impact of women on the Senate. PDF.
