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T1 Mujeres hispanas en el 116º Congreso: representatividad y diversidad
A1 Juan Rubio, Antonio Daniel
A1 García Conesa, Isabel María
K1 116º Congreso
K1 Representación hispana
K1 Mujeres hispanas
K1 Diversidad y representación
K1 116th Congress
K1 Hispanic representation
K1 Hispanic women
K1 Diversity and representation
K1 Arte
K1 Art
K1 Historia
K1 History
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
K1 Filología
K1 Philology
AB Women have been present at the US Congress for more than a century. In fact, the first female congresswoman was the Republican Jeannette Rankin (Montana) in 1916. However, it has been in these last decades when the presence of women has been noticed in a significant number. Nearly two-thirds of all women elected to Congress since Rankin’s time have been elected since 1992, and almost half of them since 1998. When the 116th Congress was inaugurated on January 3rd, 2019, women constituted almost a fourth of it, the highest percentage in the entire history of the nation. In turn, the current Congress has the highest number of Hispanics in itshistory. The House of Representatives has 42 Latino members among its ranks, of which 28 are men and 14 women, while in the Senate there are four Hispanic senators, three men and one woman. In this article, we will analyze the growing presence of Hispanic representatives in the 116th Congress, indicating their most relevant positions and functions, and we will focus more specifically on the relevance of the Latino women representatives who are serving in both Houses of the US Congress.
PB Instituto Franklin de Investigación en Estudios Norteamericanos, Universidad de Alcalá
SN 1889-5611
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/43818
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/43818
LA spa
DS MINDS@UW
RD 18-abr-2024