AP Photo/ Evan Vucci President Donald Trump walks off-stage after delivering speaking at the Pentagon. O n June 4, 1919, the 66th Congress of the United States passed the 19th Amendment, recognizing the right of women to vote. Fast forward a century to January 3, 2019, as the 116th Congress was gaveled into order. Nearly one quarter of its members are women. Americans today are voting in record-shattering numbers for women, who one hundred years ago were not permitted to vote. Need we any further proof that “toward a more perfect union” is not a vain concept? The 116th Congress is the most diverse in American history. More than one hundred women now serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. They include the first Native American woman to serve in Congress; the first Somali-American; the youngest congresswoman in history. They include the first Palestinian American woman, Rashida Tlaib, who took her oath of office with a Quran owned by Thomas Jefferson. Testament to our society’s...