- Out of over 180 countries, only 11 have elected women heads of state.
- 16% of members of national parliaments worldwide are women.
- Rwanda has the highest proportion of women parliamentarians in the world — 49%.
- In 1893, New Zealand became the first nation to grant women full voting rights.
- In the 21st century, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that does not have universal suffrage.
- There are 39 women ambassadors to the United Nations.
- In over 60 of the world's states, women's income is 50% lower than men's income.
- In every election since 1980, US women have voted in higher rates than men.
- In 1964, Margaret Chase Smith became the first US woman nominated by a major political party for President.
- 'Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.'
- California Senator Dianne Feinstein - 'Don’t agonize. Organize.'
- Florynce Kennedy - 'I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.'
- Ann Richards - 'A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.'
- Barbara Jordan - "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there
is no path and leave a trail."
- Muriel Strode - "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."
- Beverly Sills - "The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world."
- Charles Malik, former president, United Nations General Assembly
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