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<text id=92TT2562>
<title>
Nov. 16, 1992: From Anita Hill To Capitol Hill
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Nov. 16, 1992 Election Special: Mandate for Change
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 21
ELECTION `92
From Anita Hill To Capitol Hill
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<p>A flurry of fresh female faces vindicates "The Year of the Woman"
</p>
<p> If the women's movement of the '70s was the lightning flash of
female empowerment, then the long-awaited roll of thunder began
to resound in this year's election results. From coast to coast,
women candidates, thrust forward by Anita Hill-inspired outrage
and helped along by anti-incumbency sentiment, were in
contention as never before.
</p>
<p> A record 11 women sought Senate seats. Five won (including
an incumbent), bringing the number in that body to seven, from
three. In Illinois, an obscure Cook County recorder of deeds,
Carol Moseley Braun, rolled to victory in the primary over a
Democratic incumbent who had supported Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas, then won in the general election over an
ex-Reagan official. Braun will be the first black woman Senator.
California, with two seats open, chose establishment Democrat
Dianne Feinstein and liberal firebrand Barbara Boxer. Once
mocked as "a mom in tennis shoes," Washington state senator
Patty Murray becomes a U.S. Senator after a campaign that turned
insult to advantage. But Lynn Yeakel lost to Pennsylvania
Senator Arlen Specter in a fierce battle.
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<p> Dozens of new women are coming to the House, perhaps
doubling the current number of 28. The fresh faces include Eva
Clayton, the first black Congresswoman from North Carolina, and
New York's Nydia Velazquez, the first Puerto Rican female in
Congress.
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<p> "When I ran," recalls two-time Senate candidate and former
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods, "there was a 10%
automatic disadvantage for a woman. This year there may have
even been a slight benefit" -- a trend that will not easily be
reversed.
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