Hillary Clinton’s Debt to Feminism
Updated: July 27, 2016

Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to make history this week as the first woman presidential nominee of a major political party, a milestone all but unthinkable a generation ago. Though she wasn’t an early women’s rights activist, Clinton was fortunate to come of age just as the modern feminist movement was beginning to expand opportunities for women in the workplace—and in politics.

    • Number of women in Congress
    • Pay scale
    • Women in professional occupations

  • Number of women in Congress

    /535

    /100 women senators

    /435 women representatives

  • Pay scale

    For every dollar that men earn,
    women are paid

  • Women in professional occupations

    Women managers and professionals as a percentage of the total workforce