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March is Women’s History Month and a good time to reflect on whether we have moved beyond the idea, as Condoleezza Rice once said, that girls
can be leaders to the expectation they
should be leaders. If last fall’s election is any indication, we surely have.
Women made tremendous history in the United States Congress in the 2020 election. Today, women make up over a quarter of all members of the 117
th Congress. This is the highest percentage in U.S. history and a significant increase in the numbers from a decade ago.
Many on the left erroneously assume that gender dictates a person’s political views and that women should think a certain way, a progressive way. These assumptions are sure to be challenged in this Congress. After all, two thirds of last fall’s newly-elected women are Republican.