Female U.S. attorney generals have shattered the glass ceiling. The late Janet Reno, elected by Bill Clinton in 1993, broke the glass ceiling by becoming the first female U.S. attorney general. Reno had an eight-year run in office and was the second-longest serving attorney general in history.
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