Record number of women in Congress, but still much work to be done

Republican women elected as members of 117th Congress pose together on the House floor after taking their oath of office during the first session of the new House of Representatives on Capitol Hill last week. — Reuters

WOMEN in the United States have a lot to celebrate after the 2020 election. The most obvious reason, of course, is the elevation and historic rise of California Senator Kamala Harris to vice president (to be inaugurated on today, Jan 20) – the first women and Black individual (and person of Indian and Jamaican descent, we might add) to serve in the country's second-highest position.

Women reached many other milestones down the ballot as well. In fact, glass ceilings were shattered around the country as the election has brought more women to Congress than ever before.