16. There Are 100 Women in Congress for the First Time Ever

This article is about the major milestone reached on Tuesday night. For the first time in American history, the number of women sitting in Congress is a triple digit. On Tuesday, Alma Adams of North Carolina won a special election for representative of the 12th Congressional District. Since this was a special election, she will not have to wait for the January elections and will be seated shortly, making her the 100th woman currently sitting in Congress. This article also talks about importance of Emily's List that devoted her time to electing pro-choice women in 1985. Because of her, there are now 100 female House members and 19 female senators. The author points out however, that this milestone may be temporary, because when the votes are tallied and the next Congress comes in January, these numbers may drop (or increase hopefully). But for the rest of the year, they'll be a hundred women in congress and a "general trend into the right direction."
The author of this article is very brief and to the point on this article. She starts by showing a picture of Alma Adams and explaining how she came to Congress. The author also included a graph showing the amount of women in Congress from 1917-2014. We can how women slowly got more right and how America went from having one woman in Congress to having 100 and how big of a deal it is. This graph was provided by Rutger's Center for American Women and Politics, which is a reliable source and proves that her information is valid. She also has a biased opinion about this event, and believes that having an equal amount of men and women and Congress would be better for the country and she claims in the end of the article that it was a "general trend into the right direction."