More women in Congress since the 1990s % ofmembers who are women 1917
The number of women in Congress is at an all-time high. About a century after Montana Republican Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress, there are 127 women in the legislature, accounting for a record 24% of voting lawmakers across both chambers. (In addition, four of the six nonvoting House members, who represent the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, are women.)
There are more women in the Senate than ever (25), and in six states – Arizona, California, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire and Washington – both senators are women, up from three states in the previous Senate.
More women in Congress since the 1990s  | % ofmembers who are women  | 25%  | 24%  | 15  | 14  | House  | Senate  | O 2%  | 65th  | 75th  | 85th  | 95th  | 105th  | 115th  | 1917  | 1937  | 1957  | 1977  | 1997  | 2017  | the Data do not include nonvoting delegates or commissioners. Figures  | represent the makeup of the Congress on the first day of the session, except for  | the 116th, which is tallied was of Feb. 15, 2019 Data include only those who were  | sworn in as members and served more than one day.  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Biographical Directory of  | the U.S. Congress, the Office of the Historian of the U.S House fof Representatives.  | Congressional Research Service, Brookings Institution and CQ Roll Call.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 