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Framing Femininity: Media Coverage Of A Tennessee Mayoral Campaign, Katie Broderick
Framing Femininity: Media Coverage Of A Tennessee Mayoral Campaign, Katie Broderick
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In recent years, more women have emerged from both major parties and across all regions and disciplines to make their voices heard in the political arena. Slowly, the number of women in Senate seats and governor's mansions has inched higher, and there is a strong possibility that we will have a female presidential candidate in the next election. In 2007, 87 women are serving in the United States Congress. They hold 16, or 16%, of the 100 Senate seats, and 71, or 16.4%, of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. In state positions, percentages are slightly higher: in …