Center for American Women and Politics

2011: Only 17% of the members of the U.S. Congress

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2011: Susana Martinez, a Latina, becomes governor of New

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2009: Annise Parker is elected mayor of Houston, becomin

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2009: Sonia Sotomayor is appointed as an associate justi

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2009: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed by Presid

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2009: Janet Napolitano, governor of Arizona, is appointe

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2009: The New Hampshire Senate becomes the first state l

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2008: Barack Obama is elected president.

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2008: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, is selected by Senato

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2008: Karen Bass (D) becomes speaker of the California S

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