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Women's Rights & Issues

Gormy Cuss

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10. Error in the Wiki text: "women were first elected in number in 1992."

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:57 AM

Feb 2012

No, that was the year five women were elected to the Senate. There was at least one woman elected to the Senate in her own right in the 1948, Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. She served for decades and is best remembered for standing up to Joe McCarthy.

When I was learning about Congress as a grade schooler in Maine my image of what senators looked like was men AND this woman. Girls in my state knew they could go to Congress because of her.

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We must work to elect more women to The U.S. Congress [View all] Tx4obama Feb 2012 OP

Funny, a friend of mine just said that on Facebook today. TheWraith Feb 2012 #1

I have been saying this for eons, here and elsewhere. MADem Feb 2012 #2

Not all female politicians are good... Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #3

That can be true, BUT ... Tx4obama Feb 2012 #4

The US lags far behind other parts of the world... Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #5

As the OP states, we have 100 senators in the U.S. Senate. Tx4obama Feb 2012 #6

I think some pollies are born with an inate sense of empathy in emergencies... Violet_Crumble Feb 2012 #7

I agree! kdmorris Feb 2012 #8

Better worry liberal first. More Virginia Foxx's and Michelle Bachmans are not TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #9

I thought that when I first read the headline Irishonly Feb 2012 #13

Error in the Wiki text: "women were first elected in number in 1992." Gormy Cuss Feb 2012 #10

The text says: " ... first elected in number ... " Tx4obama Feb 2012 #11

You're right. n/t Gormy Cuss Feb 2012 #12

No, we need to elect more feminists to office laconicsax Feb 2012 #14

Exactly. Shift the center by replacing the most heinous and electing the most decent you can MH1 Feb 2012 #15