NYT: Where have all the Women gone?

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It seems as thought there aren't as many activist women in Congress as before. Sure, there is Hillary Clinton and others, but they are not as prevalent as before.

The New York Times (Free Registration Required) tries to answer this question as to where all of them have gone and gives an account of the historical ones.

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Where have all the women gone?


Betsy Gotbaum presides over City Council meetings from an impressive wooden chair that sits on a large dais in the chambers at City Hall. The room, dressed in dusky oil paintings and gilt trim, is typically ringed by a restless, chattering cloud, equal parts men and women.

But the picture looks different inside the red velvet ropes that cordon off the Council members. When Ms. Gotbaum, a Democrat and the city's public advocate, looks out over that neat march of 51 leather chairs and microphones, she sees, she said, "a lot of men."

"Despite its liberal image," said Elizabeth Holtzman, a longtime city political figure, "the city and state in terms of the record on elected women are really shamefully behind."

Of course, the situation is not entirely bleak. There is Hillary Rodham Clinton, and two congresswomen, Carolyn B. Maloney and Nydia M. Velázquez, whose districts lie within New York City. Although the power of the borough presidents has been diluted in recent years, two of the five - C. Virginia Fields of Manhattan and Helen M. Marshall of Queens - are women.


Where have all of the women gone?

[Kanary]

1. Where?

The constant stress takes it's toll.

I *really really really really really really really really really really...
miss Pat Schroeder.

Kanary