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The five women elected to the Senate in 1992, the "Year of the Woman"



Top Row (L-R): Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Bottom Row: Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA)



From January 26, 2009 to January 3, 2011, seventeen women served concurrently in the Senate for the first time.



Left to right:
Standing: Murkowski, *Lincoln, McCaskill, Stabenow, Cantwell, Gillibrand, Hutchison, Mikulski, Murray, Landrieu, Boxer, Snowe
Seated: Hagan, Feinstein, Shaheen, Collins, Klobuchar

Note:
*Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), in the above photo, not currently in the U.S. Senate.
Kelly Ayote (R-NH) is currently serving in the U.S. Senate, but not in the photo.
Snowe (R-ME) and Hutchison (R-TX) did not run this year due to retirement, they are both in the photo but will not be in the new 113th Congress next year.



Women joining the U.S. Senate in the new 113th Congress that have won seats in the 2012 election are:

Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin)
Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts).
Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota)
Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska)


So, in January 2013, the number of serving women senators will increase to 20.
Women will now hold 20 of the 100 seats of The Senate, a historic number that is still only 20% of the seats.
Considering women comprise more than 50% of the U.S. population - our work is not yet done.

We have 30 more seats to win!





Edited to add...

Below is a link with a LIST of the 33 seats being contested in The U.S. Senate in regular elections in 2014,
20 Democrats and 13 Republicans:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014