They called it the Year of the Woman. In 1992, four women were elected to the U.S. Senate — fueled in part by outrage at the all-male Senate panel that had grilled Anita Hill. Patty Murray of Washington state, famously denigrated as just a “mom in tennis shoes,” was one of them.
They called it the Year of the Woman. In 1992, four women were elected to the U.S. Senate — fueled in part by outrage at the all-male Senate panel that had grilled Anita Hill. Patty Murray of Washington state, famously denigrated as just a “mom in tennis shoes,” was one of them.