Well, surprise, surprise. No one expected the 2000 census to change that. But over the years nothing else has changed because of it, either. And that should lift some eyebrows.
Numbers translate into power.
Yet, you don't see women staking a claim on the presidency, vice presidency or even building up a majority in Congress. And it's still hard to find any climbing aboard the CEO rocket bound for the Fortune 500. For the most part, men still legislate what's good for women and most females apparently accept that as the way things are or, worse yet, should be. Maybe that's why I've been watching the Jane Swift story in Massachusetts. She first caught my attention not because she is female but because she hails from the Berkshires where I spent many of my summers and holidays as a child.