Women in Politics Essay -- Papers

Women in Politics Beginning with the early nineteen hundreds, women from all over the country have bounded together, forming leagues and clubs for equal rights. However, it wasn't until today "at the dawn of the twenty-first century, states and international community can no longer refute the fact that humanity is made up of two sexes, not just one" (Oliveria 26). Why has the woman's move for equality just now started to balance itself out? Well, the answer is quite simple; women are just now being looked at as semi-equals. They are beginning to become corporate executives in businesses, and popular in the field of medicine and law. Women have tried hard to push themselves forward in society to create a balanced and harmonious economy and so far it has been successful. Barriers of all kinds have been broken, well, all except a few, mainly in politics and with the information I have collected I will show why. Politics†¦when one stops and thinks of the word "politics" what naturally comes to mind? Our founding fathers, Presidents George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson; the popular political figures of today, President Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Al Gore; or do we think about Belva Ann Lockwood, Jeannette Rankin, Frances Perkins, and Eugenie Moore - who? When American's think about politics, Lyn Kathlene, journalist for the "Higher Education Chronicles," states that "ninety-five percent of the time they envision a man who is in charge of running, or helping to run, their country." Is society to blame for this misconception that women do not hold important roles in government and participate in making important decisions for our country? Not really, people just don't hear or read about women in politics as often as... ...ernment? No, but society needs to realize that this is "'the dawn of a new century'" and the role of the female should indeed be reevaluated. Bibliography: Arenofsky, Janice. "Women in Politics." Career World April 1996: 16-21. Hogan, Robert. "The Influence of State and District Conditions on the Representation of Women in U.S. State Legislation." American Politics Research January 20001: 4-24. Hunter, Teola. "A Different View of Progress -- Minority Women in Politics." The Journal of State Government December 1995: 45-52. Kathlene, Lyn. "Studying the New Voice of Women in Politics." The Chronicles of Higher Higher Education 18 Nov. 1992: B2. Periodical Abstracts. Online. 1992. Oliveria, Ruisika. "Women's Long March to Power: The Political Arena." United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Courier June 2000: 26-35.