From: Nita and Shaunna, UltraViolet Action

Dear Readers,

Thank you!! Because of you, and millions of women and men like you, women won big on Tuesday. We turned out to vote big time.1 We elected more women to the House and Senate than ever before.2 We broke a lot of barriers and had a lot of “firsts”–first openly gay Senator3, first Asian-American woman Senator4, first combat women veterans in the House.5 And it was a great night for equality all around, with marriage equality fights seeing victories in four out of four states!6

We also sent some of our biggest enemies packing: Todd “legitimate rape” Akin, Richard “rape pregnancies are a gift from God” Mourdock, the Romney/Ryan ticket, and other extremists lost at the polls. We showed politicians of all stripes that being anti-woman is political suicide.

This is proof that when women rise up, our power is limitless.

Now we need to make sure that everyone knows that 2012 was the year of the woman. We need people to know that women delivered, women won and we’re not going away.

We put together this graphic to celebrate the gains we made this year. Can you help spread the word by sharing this with everyone you know?

Thanks for speaking out!

–Nita, Shaunna, Kat and Karin, the UltraViolet team.

Sources:

1. Gender Gap In 2012 Election Aided Obama Win, Huffington Post, November 7, 2012

2. Women In Senate: 2012 Election Ushers In Historic Number Of Female Senators, Huffington Post, November 7, 2012

3. Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin is first openly gay person elected to Senate, CNN, November 7, 2012

4. Hirono wins Hawaii race, will be first Asian-American female senator, The Hill, November 7, 2012

5. Thai-American Female Veteran Wins U.S. Seat, Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2012

6. Gay Marriage On The Ballot In 4 States, Huffington Post, November 6, 2012