@article{SHIOSHVILI_2021, title={American Women Making Breakthrough in the Arenas of Politics and Government}, volume={10}, url={https://jh.ibsu.edu.ge/jms/index.php/SJH/article/view/438}, DOI={10.31578/hum.v10i1.438}, abstractNote={<p>The deep-rooted protectionism tendency towards the American women prevented women from occupying high posts in the legislative branch.<br>However, women’s prominent movements ingendered several outstanding women in elected positions starting from the first half of the XXth century.<br>By the mid-1990s there were more women in Congress in Capitol Hill. Janet Reno was appointed as the first woman U.S. attorney general in the<br>American History, Madeline Albright, the first woman secretary, Condoleezza Rice as the first woman national security adviser for President Bush,<br>Nancy Pelosi was the first woman, the new minority leader of the House of the 108th Congress in 2003 and others, Kamala Harris is the first highestranking<br>female, the first African American and first Asian Vice President of the United States.<br>The question is – whether elected women can make a crucial difference in political institutions and public policy that is still dominated by masculinist<br>interests?<br>Keywords: Accomplishment, election, participation</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal in Humanities}, author={SHIOSHVILI, Tamar}, year={2021}, month={Jul.}, pages={64–68} }