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Bathroom facilities for women in the Senate on the [[United States Capitol#Senate Chamber|Senate Chamber]] level were first provided in 1992.<ref name="Plaskow"/>
Women were not allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993.<ref name="chicagotribune2004">{{cite web|date=January 21, 2004|author=Robin Givhan|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-01-21/features/0401210033_1_carol-moseley-braun-wore-jacket |title=Moseley Braun: Lady in red |publisher=Articles.chicagotribune.com |accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref><ref name="rollcall1">{{cite web|last=Cooper |first=Kent |url=http://www.rollcall.com/features/50th-Anniversary_2005/fifty_anniversary/-9592-1.html |title=The Long and Short of Capitol Style : Roll Call Special Features 50th Anniversary |publisher=Rollcall.com |date=2005-06-09 |accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref> In 1993, Senators [[Barbara Mikulski]] and [[Carol Moseley Braun]] wore trousers onto the floor in defiance of the rule, and female support staff followed soon after, with the rule being amended later that year by Senate Sergeant-at-Arms [[Martha Pope]] to allow women to wear trousers on the floor so long as they also wore a jacket.<ref name="chicagotribune2004"/><ref name="rollcall1"/>
The first time two female senators from the same state served concurrently were [[Dianne Feinstein]] and [[Barbara Boxer]] (both D-CA), both elected in 1992, with Feinstein taking office that same year (as the result of a special election) and Boxer taking office in 1993 until 2016 when Boxer retired and Feinstein was joined by [[Kamala Harris]].
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