Published today on Politics Magazine Online

Politics Magazine is featuring a story written by ElectWomen.com publisher, Kathy Groob about the need to elect more women to political offices.  Link to full article here: http://www.politicsmagazine.com/blog_post/show/136.

This year, we had a credible woman run for president. We have female governors. Even the U.S. Speaker of the House is a woman. So is there still a glass ceiling for female candidates?

As usual, the devil is in the details. In the case of female elected officials, the statistics tell the story:

·      Nineteen states have no female representation in Congress.

·      Less than 15 percent of state legislators in Southern states are women.

·      Only 17 percent of the members of Congress are women.

·      Only eight states have female governors.

·      And according to a recent study, men think about running for office twice as much as women.

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