And in 1979, the US had 3% women.

New government assembly named in Iraq with the requisite 25% women.

Run, Women, Run - Encouraging Women to Seek Elected Office

The American Scene, a supplement to Hadassah Magazine Fall 2003

America hails itself as the ideal democracy-an example for the rest of the world to follow. But, in at least one important aspect, America trails behind: the representation of women. Although 51 percent of Americans are women, just 73, or 13.6 percent, of the current 535 members of Congress are women. While women's representation in the United States has increased-in 1979 just 3 percent of Congress were women-the U.S. still ranks 59th in terms of women's representation in national legislatures or parliaments.

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