As a side project, I’ve been compiling some raw data on women in the U.S. Congress: senators and representatives, committee chairs, party leaders, significant elections, et cetera. Just charting a stacked graph of women in Congress since 1789 clearly shows why history is such an obstacle to women in American politics — and why the U.S. can’t seem to reach even just 20 percent female representation in Congress.
Globally, the U.S. ranks 74th in percentage of women serving in parliaments or lower houses of Congress, sandwiched in between Turkmenistan and Albania (and ranking far below Bangladesh, Serbia, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Moldova, and Sudan, among others).
Check out the chart (click to enlarge):
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