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Describe the role of women in US politics in recent years. Give three names of women who have played a significant role in this field usually dominated by men. Give details on their contributions to the US legislation etc.
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ROLE OF WOMEN IN USA POLITICS
A new dimension of women in politics emerged in recent years all over the world. More and
more women have now been entering into politics. Conventional politics reflected male concerns
and hence women were notably absent in politics.
Welfare policies had been constructed and reinforced women’s traditional position as wives and
mothers. Women have struggled over issues affecting them, especially their rights to property
and vote in the 19th century and to abortion, equal pay and nursery provision in the 20th century.
Today, the right of women to vote exists in almost every country. More importantly, women are
occupying positions of political leadership at local and national levels around the world. In her
book, Fighting Global Tyranny: Where Are the Women? Francesca de Bardin shows the progress
women have made. In 2016, The Inter-parliamentary Union compared the number of elected
female politicians in 193 countries.
Women represented from 19.4% (USA) to 43.6% (Sweden)
in the United States and European lower houses of government. The remaining Eu...
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