Summary
Even though women constitute slightly more than 50 percent of the American population, they certainly don't dominate the political structure. Women hold only 16.3 percent of the seats in the U.S. Congress, 24.1 percent of the elective state-level executive positions and 23.5 percent of the state legislative seats.
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Power of Women Explored in Recent Publications
"If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear" by Melinda Henneberger (Simon & Schuster, 2007)
Born and raised in Mount Carmel, Ill., Henneberger gradua...See the full content of this document
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