In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating trailblazers like Maria and the progress she’s made uplifting women in Washington state and across the country… Making History:
                                
                                1992 
                                “The Year of the Woman”
                                Maria is elected to Congress
                                Patty Murray is elected to the Senate 
                                with Carol Moseley Braun, 
                                Dianne Feinstein, 
                                and Barbara Boxer
                                (The first time 4 women were elected to the Senate in a single year!)
                                
                                2000 
                                Maria is elected to the Senate, 
                                becoming the 3rd woman to defeat an incumbent senator
Fighting for Women: 

                                ✔️Securing equal pay for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team
                                ✔️Working with women entrepreneurs to grow more women-owned businesses
                                ✔️Expanding the Violence Against Women Act to protect the most vulnerable women
                                ✔️Passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to combat wage discrimination
                                ✔️Leading the nation on paid family and medical leave 
                                
            
                                
                                Support Maria Cantwell’s campaign to keep her fighting for women across the country!





 
 

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