The Center for the American Woman and Politics is a useful web site to find facts about women elected to public office in the United States. Go to its web site at http://www. rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/....

The Center for the American Woman and Politics is a useful web site to find facts about women elected to public office in the United States. Go to its web site at http://www. rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/. Select “State by State Fact Sheets” and then click on your state in the map that appears. a. How many women are currently serving in your state’s legislature? b. Where does your state rank in comparison to other states? c. When was a woman first elected to a statewide office or to the U.S. Congress? d. Now click on “Facts Main Page” and select “Findings at a Glance” under the Publications heading. On page 4 of this document, find the three issues where gender differences in priorities were the greatest. What were they? e. On page 7, were women more or less likely to conduct legislative business in the public view? f. Based on your review of the “Findings at a Glance,” do you think women make effective elected officials?