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…#Feinstein won her #Senate seat in what became known as the #YearOfTheWoman, an election that sent 24 new women to the #House of Representatives & brought the total number of female senators to 6.

The precipitating event was the 1991 confirmation hearings of #SCOTUS nominee #ClarenceThomas, who became the second Black justice on the high court.