Answer:
Seeing other women being elected into congress and having their opinions and efforts taken seriously, inspires other women as well since it proves that there is a chance they can make it. It is an example of the mentality of "if she can do it, I can do it" only in this case it is strictly directed to women. It provides encouragement and assurance that anyone's efforts to be elected into congress, if matching with the efforts the other women already in congress possess, and proves that it is possible to lead to the success of doing so.