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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:22 PM
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Five states hall of shame
It was on NPR earlier: name the five states that have never elected a woman to the U.S. Senate or Congress. Appointees who were not subsequently elected do not qualify.

(I listened while driving, took their viewers a long time to get the 5th and I think that I remember four...)
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:23 PM
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1. Hmm...I'll play.
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Utah, Wyoming.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:25 PM
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3. I rmemeber only 4
and Mississippi may be the fifth, but the rest did, in fact each had one.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:29 PM
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7. Okay. Just shooting blindly. Thanks. nt
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:24 PM
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2. Oklahoma? nt
nt
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:25 PM
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4. Nope (nt)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:28 PM
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6. Alice Mary Robertson served from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1923
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Mary_Robertson
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:27 PM
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5. I know Iowa is one
we are a pretty progressive state but .....
No female governor, rep or senator.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:05 PM
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29. Correct
Surprisingly many of the listeners assumed the states would be from the south and except for maybe Mississippi, they are not.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:34 PM
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8. I cheated....very interesting to say the least
One of them I'm not surprised; two of them I am very surprised
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:35 PM
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9. vermont is another
NT
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:06 PM
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30. Correct. Another surprise (nt)
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:39 PM
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10. Mississippi, Iowa, Vermont, Montana, Alabama
That's off the top of my head, I'm not sure if I'm right.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:40 PM
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11. You got three of them
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:44 PM
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14. Montana sent the first woman to congress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:45 PM
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18. I forgot that, I was thinking only of very recent history
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:42 PM
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12. Not sure that's entirely relevant
Edited on Wed Sep-09-09 05:43 PM by treestar
for a small state, especially. Maybe the best candidates still happened to be men. I'd only say it was fair to judge from the 70s, too. Before that, of course they were all men.

But I think Delaware might be one.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:08 PM
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31. Correct. This, too, was a surprise for me (nt)
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:42 PM
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13. Arizona
We've had female governors and other women in high state positions but never in the US Senate or Congress.
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:44 PM
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15. Karan English was a Congresswoman in Arizona
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:46 PM
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19. How about that? Never heard of her.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:47 PM
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22. You must not be from around here
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:58 PM
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27. Not originally. I was born in PA.
I didn't start paying attention to AZ politics until recently.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:45 PM
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16. Bzzzt
http://giffords.house.gov/
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:45 PM
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17. Gabrielle Giffords
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Giffords
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:46 PM
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20. phew... ok, ok... I stand corrected.
... and I need to pay more attention to who is in Congress. :hi:
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:47 PM
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21. the answer for the House only
The states that have not elected a woman to the house are Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Vermont.

One of those must have had a female Senator to put it to five.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:49 PM
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23. You've got four
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:55 PM
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25. Not Alaska but Alabama? nt
Edited on Wed Sep-09-09 05:56 PM by valerief
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:56 PM
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26. Bzzzt
Edited on Wed Sep-09-09 05:57 PM by AspenRose
:hi:
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:58 PM
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28. Ha! Now I get the Bzzzt! I like it! nt
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:31 PM
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32. South Carolina?
I can't recall any female congresspeople except at the state level.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:43 PM
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35. Elizabeth Johnston "Liz" Patterson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_J._Patterson

1987-1993 SC Fourth District.
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 05:49 PM
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24. Alaska has Senator Lisa Murkowski
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:50 PM
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39. Actually you got all five
except for Alaska, that does have a Senator

The five are: Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, North Dakota and Vermont.

Amazing how so many of the callers put southern states there..
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:36 PM
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33. ...
Iowa
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:44 PM
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36. Correct (nt)
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:37 PM
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34. Utah.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:47 PM
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37. Reva Beck Bosone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reva_Beck_Bosone

1949-1953 A Democrat
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:48 PM
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38. Wow..a dem woman from Utah! Hell must have frozen over back then! n/t
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:52 PM
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40. A really fascinating Wikepedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-10-09 10:11 AM
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41. Kick, just for fun (nt)
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