US enters new phase as women change the face of Congress

I've been waiting and seething for 2 years for this day and I can't get enough of the history being made.

US enters new phase as women change the face of Congress

Record 102 women were sworn into the House as balance of power shifts in Washington, and Nancy Pelosi makes history as speaker again


Among the historic class of new congresspeople who took the oath of office in the US House of Representatives on Thursday are the first Native American women, the first Muslim women, the first black women elected from Massachusetts and Connecticut, the first Hispanic women elected from Texas, and the youngest woman to be elected to Congress.

There is a former NFL linebacker, a doctor and a climate scientist. There are a number of former members of the military and intelligence services, many of them women. There are seasoned veterans of past presidential administrations and a handful of political neophytes who never held office before running for Congress in 2018.

A record 102 women were sworn into the House on Thursday, 35 of whom were elected for the first time in November in a historic wave of success for female candidates.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/03/us-enters-new-phase-as-women-change-the-face-of-congress