Marie C. Wilson

Feminists' Job One: Electing More Women to Office

Women make up almost 51 percent of the U.S. population. Women make up almost 17 percent of the U.S. Congress. Although 1992 may have been the "Year of the Woman" in congressional contests, that election changed the proportion of women from 6 percent to only 10 percent. Whoop-de-doo. Let's set aside, for the moment, the discussion of who's a feminist (Sarah Palin?) and whether your position on abortion is a factor. Let's talk about electing more women to office. "We had a year, and that passed quickly, and that was a long time ago," said Marie C. Wilson, president and founder of The ...

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