On Their Own Terms-Women in Politics

Martha Angle clearly points out in her thesis article the discrimination and obstacles women go through when entering the political system. Their hardships not only as women, but also as mothers, make it a more difficult a path to enter than for their fellow male complement. Women in today's society are steadily making progress, as one can see when comparing the number of women in Congress today to the number fifty years ago, but it is still not enough. The percentage of women in Congress is 14%. There are only 59 members in the House and only 14 senators.
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