14 Women

When the 109th Congress convened for business in January 2005, 14 senate seats were held by women, the greatest number in the 228-year history of the legislative branch. (Two years later, the number had risen to 16.) With rare personal access, filmmaker Mary Lambert presents a bipartisan profile of 14 extraordinary women who are radically altering the profile of American politics: from feisty Barbara Mikulski and down-to-earth Olympia Snowe to outspoken Barbara Boxer and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. Annette Bening narrates.