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Footnotes:

[1] “Women in National Legislatures: Rankings and Election Systems”.  http://www.representation2020.com/women-in-parliaments.html

Why does 51 percent of the U.S. population have less than a fifth of the representation in Washington D.C.?

The Issue: Overview 

The United States of America ranks ninety-fifth in the world for percentage of women in its national legislature. We are behind Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. [1]

Let’s examine some major questions on this.

1. What's the historical background?
   

2. Isn’t the percent of national legislators who are women increasing?
   

3. So why don’t more women run for office?
   

4. What natural traits are women likely to bring to the job of governance?
   

5. Why build this gender designation into the Constitution?
   

6. What is the Constitutional Amendment process?
   

7. How would the attribute of gender be allocated among the seats in The Senate and the House of Representatives?
   

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