| 1920 |
1980 |
1992 |
1994 |
2004+ |
| 19th Constitutional
Amendment gives women the right to vote |
National identification
of the “Gender Gap” – women voted differently
than men |
Media declares the
“Year of the Woman” – women ran for office in
record numbers |
54 million less women
make an effort to vote |
Where will we be? |
Currently
in Massachusetts . . .
-
No women
are serving or have served in the US Senate
-
No women
are serving in the House of Representatives and
only 3 women have ever served in The house of
Representatives, none since 1983.
-
26% of
the state legislators are women. The national
average is 23.2% which means Massachusetts is
above the average.
For additional
statistics please check out http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ecawp/Facts1.html
The
statistical overview of women’s political progress
over the past 33 years.
| |
1971 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2003 |
| US Senate
(100 Seats) |
2
2% |
2
2% |
6
6% |
8
8% |
9
9% |
9
9% |
14
14% |
| US House
(435 Seats) |
13
3% |
28
6.4% |
47
10.8% |
47
10.8% |
51
11.7% |
56
12.9% |
59
13.6% |
| Elected Executive
Statewide
(approx. 200 –300 seats) |
16
8% |
33
16.5% |
72
24% |
84
28% |
81
25.1% |
89
27.69% |
80
25.3% |
| State
Legislature
(7,400 – 7,600 seats)
% of women |
362
4.8% |
1,368
18.3% |
1,524
20.5% |
1,536
20.7% |
1,593
21.5% |
1,652
22.3% |
1,648
22.3% |
| Mass. Legislature
(200 seats) |
(?) |
38
19% |
45
22.5% |
48
24% |
47
23.5% |
52
26% |
52
26% |
Women mayors in Massachusetts: 44 communities with
mayoral system of government
Mary
Ann Clancy, Newburyport
Jeanette
McCarthy, Waltham
Sharon
Pollard, Methuen
Clare
Higgins, Northampton
Rita
Mercer, Lowell (choose from council until January)
