The striking parallels between 1992’s “Year of the Woman” and 2018, explained by a historian

The record-breaking number of women candidates running for office in 2018 has drawn comparisons with the last time there was a so-called “Year of the Woman” 26 years ago: in 1992. 

That year, as in 2018, a surge of women candidates ran for office and won. When the ballots were counted, America had elected a record-breaking four women as senators and 24 women as representatives to Congress. These included lawmakers who are still in Congress today such as Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Patty Murray (D-WA).

But that’s not where the parallels end.