Couric Celebrates Susan B. Anthony's Supposed Pride in 90 Women in Congress

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Katie Couric concluded Thursday's CBS Evening News on a triumphant note of 'women, hear us roar' as she insisted that “we can't let this historic day pass without mentioning Susan B. Anthony who fought so hard for the right of women to vote, but didn't live to see us get it.” That right “didn't happen until 1920, 14 years after she died,” Couric lamented before marveling: “Can you imagine there are still more than three million American women alive today who were born before women were allowed to vote?” Couric then touted how “now there are a record 90 women in this new Congress, including for the first time ever, the Speaker of the House.” The CBS anchor proposed: “Wouldn't Susan B. Anthony be proud? Or maybe she'd ask, 'what took so long?'”

Couric's final item on the January 4 CBS Evening News followed a glowing profile of Carol Shea-Porter, a Democrat who unexpectedly won a House seat from New Hampshire:

“And we can't let this historic day pass without mentioning Susan B. Anthony who fought so hard for the right of women to vote, but didn't live to see us get it. That didn't happen until 1920, 14 years after she died. Can you imagine there are still more than three million American women alive today who were born before women were allowed to vote? Now there are a record 90 women in this new Congress, including for the first time ever, the Speaker of the House. Wouldn't Susan B. Anthony be proud? Or maybe she'd ask, 'what took so long?' That's the CBS Evening News. I'm Katie Couric, thanks so much for watching. Good night.”