The day after Donald Trump was sworn in
as president, millions of women marched in Washington, D.C., New York City and
other cities across the country and around the globe. Provoked by Trump’s
controversial rhetoric on the campaign trail, they came out in record numbers
to rally for the rights of women and others who felt threatened by the new
administration.
Of course, women are not a monolithic
voting bloc, and many of them are staunch supporters of the president. But the
massive crowds displayed the influence that women can wield, at least when
political winds bring so many of them together.
Unchastened, Trump went on to fill his
cabinet largely with white men, appointing just four women and relegating them
to less consequential posts. To be fair, there’s also plenty of room for
improvement in New York, where politicians pride themselves on their efforts to
promote gender equality. No woman has ever been elected governor of the state
or mayor of New York City. In Albany, it’s still three (or four) men in a room.
In the state Legislature, only about one in four lawmakers are women.
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Source: The Empire Report
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