A couple of weeks ago, you probably heard about the blizzard that slammed the northeastern United States. This, possibly the biggest winter storm of the year, blanketed much of the country in snow. This had some places in as much as three and a half feet and extended from Tennessee all the way east to Massachusetts.

As you can imagine, most of these regions halted regular business, including our good ol' political capital, Washington D.C. Many places in the immediate vicinity of our nation's capital received over 20 inches of snow, not mention the driving winds that accompanied the storm, pushing it eastward. These figures make the snowstorm the fourth-most-powerful snowstorm to hit Washington D.C. in recorded history, tying with the "Snowmaggedon" of 2010. Here you can see a picture of the snow once the clouds have cleared. Yikes! that was a lot of snow. We're still counting ourselves lucky that events in "The Day After Tomorrow" are still fictional happenings.

In addition to seeing all this snow, whether in person, by television, or by Internet broadcast, you also may have seen a viral video featuring the wonderful women of Congress, which showed Senator Lisa Murkowski leading the day's proceedings, and pointing out that they had a chamber full of women! While some took this to mean that there were only women in the chamber, that is not exactly correct. According to Snopes, who presented the full-length video, there were a few men who braved the storm and snow as well to come to this obligatory hearing to postpone the daily congressional process. Even so, there were no male senators present.

However, when one looks at the breakdown of the genders of the members of Congress, it is still an impressive state for the chamber to be in. Roughly 80 percent of the members of Congress are male, so to have a female majority in the room during any political proceedings is probably record-breaking. Here is a picture taken of Senator Murkowski in the blizzard. Strong and fabulous!

So we salute you, women politicians, for showing up to Congress even if it was only to postpone hearings until the following day. While we're sure that the many men of Congress had perfectly valid excuses for not hiking through two feet of snow to come in that day, that doesn't make us any less proud of you.

You could have stayed home. You had every reason to do so. But you got up, you got ready, you put on your big girl clothes and you set out to do your job. It's wonderful! It's yet another example of how strong women are – physically, emotionally, socially. I already love being a woman, but every time a woman accomplishes something extraordinary, in difficult circumstances, I love it even more.