One out of every nine women currently serving in the U.S. Congress attended a girls’ school. An impressive statistic when you consider girls’ school students account for less than 1% (estimated 151,000+) of America’s female student population.
Girls’ School Alumnae in U.S. Federal Government
- While only 24% of the current U.S. Senators serving are female, 13% of those women graduated from girls’ schools.
- Only 27% of the current U.S. House of Representatives are female, yet 10% of those women graduated from girls’ schools.
Women in U.S. Federal & State Government [1]
- Vice President: Kamala Harris (first women to hold the office as well as the first Black person and the first South Asian person)
- Congress: 143 (27% of the 535 seats)
- Senate: 24 (24% of 100 seats) [includes 3 women of color]
- House: 119 (27% of 435 seats) [includes 48 women of color]
- Governors: 9 (18% of 50 states)
- State Senate: 558 (28% of 1,972 seats)
- State House/Assembly: 1,721 (32% of 5,411 seats)
Women Who Ran in the U.S. 2020 Elections [3]
- Congress: 319
- Senate: 21
- House: 298
- Governors: 3
- State Senate: 646 (44 states)
- State House/Assembly: 2,777 total (44 states)
Women in Canadian Federal & Provincial/Territorial Government
- The Cabinet: 17 (50% of 34 seats) [4]
- Parliament: 137 (31% of 439 seats)
- Premiers: 1 (7% of 13 provinces/territories) [7]
Women in National Parliaments
Compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 193 countries are ranked by percentage of women in the lower or single House. Click here to view the complete data table.
- #1 Rwanda
- #2 Cuba
- #3 United Arab Emirates
- #4 Nicaragua
- #5 New Zealand . . .
- #39 United Kingdom
- #50 Australia
- #52 Canada
- #67 United States of America