Years as a young adult in california, there were two female senators, senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both elected in 1992 during the socalled year of the woman. I was 9 years old when that happened, too young to grasp what was going on, and not entirely aware of Anita Hill Saga that prompted it so to me it was norm toll look to have washington and see two women representing my state. Completely normal to see one of those women led by bipartisan or to see her lead the Intelligence Committee or see her held to account for egregious wrong doing after 9 11 or see her stand up to the chief to get an apology out of it. It was norm toll watch Dianne Feinstein work in washington, and i know you see this coming, but looking back at the unremarkability is precisely what makes it so remarkable. Wasnt until i came an adult covering politics that i understood how hard she had to fight, sometimes against wings of her own party. Today the flags around the capitol are flying at half staf