A 14-year veteran of elected office in Prince George’s County before her win in November, Angela Alsobrooks and her barrier-breaking victory marked a new era, not just in Maryland politics, but ...

The current session also features 18 new female representatives and ... while Alsobrooks is the first Black woman to be elected to the Senate from Maryland. Fedorchak is the first woman to ...

But many female senators were quick to bring up another major talking point: bodily autonomy and a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions. Here are some women who broached the subject ...