Women in Politics: 'We Dropped the Ball'
GoLocalProv Politics Team
Women in Politics: 'We Dropped the Ball'
In Rhode Island, just 15 percent of women hold cabinet or other high-ranking positions in government even though they constitute 52 percent of the population.
Panelists at the Rhode Island College forum included: Grace Diaz, House Representative and Deputy Majority Leader; Susan Farmer, former Secretary of State; Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts; Susan Stenhouse, Director of Community Relations in the Governor’s Office; Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed; and former gubernatorial candidate Myrth York.