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Parents of Girls Take Note

Submitted by LisaS on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 08:45
  • Adoptive parenting
  • breaking the glass ceiling in politics
  • Condeleezza Rice
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Nancy Pelosi
  • Sarah Palin
  • women in politics in the U.S.

Many of us who have adopted from outside the U.S. have adopted girls. Although they are not allowed to hold the office of president or vice-president, they can be elected to any other public office in our country. That is the good news. But here is the bad news: women just aren’t getting into public office enough.

Here are some sad facts:

  • The Supreme Court of the U.S. is made up of eight men and one woman.
  • In the current U.S. congress, only 16% of the seats are held by women. Countries like Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Uganda have a higher percentage of women in their government.
  • As of February 21, 2008, of the 1,193 mayors of U.S. cities with populations over 30,000, 187, or 15.7%, were women.
  • There are eight women governors leading the following States: Michigan, Kansas, Arizona, Washington, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Alaska.
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