When I wear my sash in honor of the original suffragettes, I get wonderfully positive enthusiasm, people agreeing with me wholeheartedly, only countering with the fact that really, it should be more than half based on the fact that women represent more than half the population. Believe me, I will be ecstatic when we can get to 45 percent!
My sash says Half the Congress Should Be Women, which coincidentally is the name of my new organization. The first-wave suffragettes’ sashes said Votes for Women or sometimes Women’s Votes.
My point is that having the franchise has not translated to actual political equality, and until we have equal representation in the US Congress, we are not being fairly or even adequately represented.
Make your own sash and join me!
Half the Congress Should Be Women!