The 116th US Congress will count an unprecedented number of women as members: 100 won elections this past November, raising the female representation to 102 in the House and 23 in the Senate.
The 116th US Congress will count an unprecedented number of women as members: 100 won elections this past November, raising the female representation to 102 in the House and 23 in the Senate.
Never before have this many women been US lawmakers, and this young and diverse group includes:
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Americans can check here to see how much the new Congress will resemble them. And here are more numbers on this historic class:
Since Jeannette Rankin was elected in Congress in 1916 (two years before US women won the right to vote), the growth of female representation has been slowly picking up—with a sizable increase since the late 1980s:
Still, less than 24% of Congress is female:
Through the years, Democrats have held a large margin over Republicans in female representation:
