Celebrating Steps Toward Equality; Aiming for Equal Representation

Posted by Suzanne I. Lawrence / September 10, 2010

Woodcut depicting a session of the National Woman Suffrage Association, Illinois, 1880. [AP File]

About the Author: Suzanne Lawrence, a Foreign Service Officer, is the Director of the Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs in the Bureau of Consular Affairs and Board member of Executive Women at State (EW@S).

The 2012 Project, a national, non-partisan campaign to increase the number of women in legislative office, is counting the days until November 6, 2012. Election Day 2012 presents an opportunity for women to increase their numbers in office: following the 2010 census, every congressional and state legislative district in the country will be redrawn, and new and open seats will be created.

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