U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri recently joined the other 15 female senators for an official portrait of the record 16 women senators.
McCaskill and the group will appear tomorrow and Thursday on ABC's Good Morning America to discuss the historic number of women senators and what they aim to accomplish.
- On Wednesday, the group is to appear, briefly, between 7-7:30 a.m.
- On Thursday, the group will appear in a longer piece between 8-8:30 a.m.
Facts you've got to know:
- The first woman senator was Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1922. She was appointed to fill a two-day vacancy.
- Prior to 1992, there were never more than two women senators at the same time.
- The current dean of the women senators is Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland. She was elected in 1986.
- McCaskill is this country's 34th woman senator.
Posted by Steve Kraske
Sobering statistics given that women are just as qualified as men to represent their constituency in this capacity.
These numbers have not been coincidental. Emperically they state that something wrong was and is going on in our society that needs curing (looks like we are well on our way).
That is what affirmative action is all about on a macro-level. It is not a micro-tool, i.e., it is not reverse sex or race discrimination.
One love. One race.
Posted by: Engawyer | January 16, 2007 at 04:13 PM
Go Claire!
Posted by: | January 16, 2007 at 04:36 PM
Nice she showed up for the photo and wasn't on vacation.
Posted by: Waiting for 2012 | January 16, 2007 at 04:39 PM
And in other news, Jim Talent showed up at a photo studio in St Louis today for a family portrait.
Posted by: | January 16, 2007 at 05:08 PM
is that really claire? WOW......
Posted by: ILOVEKC | January 16, 2007 at 07:42 PM
It appears that Senator Dole is morphing into a Michael Jackson twin. Check it out.
Posted by: | January 17, 2007 at 07:50 AM
1992 was known as the year of the woman as a result of the increase in women serving at all levels of elected office, including the tripling of women in the senate. All it took was the televised testimony of Anita Hill in front of an all male judiciary committee to make people feel uncomfortable about the lack of women officials.
Women do fare better in state legislatures and always have. I'm not an advocate of term limits, but they have increased the ability of women to gain entry to state level offices. It may not be that there is still "something wrong" in our society that needs curing but simply the power of the incumbent. Women are still suffering what was once wrong
Posted by: | January 17, 2007 at 11:41 AM
And next, a women of the U.S. Senate spread in Playboy!
Posted by: | January 17, 2007 at 05:32 PM