Dee Dee Myers Doubts a Clinton Vice Presidencybr The New School - The New Schoolbr For the first time in over 200 years, a woman serves as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and we have witnessed the historic campaign of our country's first viable female presidential candidate.Yet, women in elected office hold only sixteen seats in the U.S. Senate and seventy-one in the U.S. House of Representatives.