Last year was challenging in more ways than one: The pandemic
altered many aspects of daily life for billions of people, the
once-robust national economy took a big hit, and a contentious
and protracted presidential election added to the uncertainty.
But 2020 will also go down in history as a time when women made
remarkable advances on the political scene.
In the 2020 presidential election, women made up 53 percent of
the electorate, according to the AP VoteCast survey; a record
number of new congressional members are women and women of color;
President Joe Biden appointed an unprecedented number of women to
his cabinet; and former California Sen. Kamala Harris made