It didn’t exactly break the glass ceiling, but Tuesday’s election broke a number of barriers for women.
Women now hold a record number of seats in the U.S. Senate. All of 20. Out of 100.
Still, in the last 10 years that’s an increase of 40 percent. In 1992, only two women served in the Senate.
This year’s election also placed the first openly gay woman in office. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin was elected to the Senate. Baldwin had served as a state representative since 1999. A graduate of the…
A slight crack in that glass ceiling
