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Record number of women in Congress still not enough
By Emma McAnaw
December 15, 2014 - 3:01pm
After Congress broke the record with over 100 female representatives, women state that there is still much needed improvement.

After a record number of women were voted into Congress this year, publications and news stations were quick to note the historic moment.

Women Make History in Midterm Elections - SheWired

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Second Elect Her workshop promotes women's involvement in Congress, university politics
By Hanna Horvath
November 16, 2014 - 10:58pm
The Saturday event was run through the American Association of University Women.

Women make up more than 50 percent of the U.S. population, But they represent only 20 percent of congressional positions.

“It’s not that women are less capable than men,” said Eileen Hartmann, director of the New York sector of American Association of University Women, about the discrepancy. “It’s that they are sometimes less confident.”