#GAReads | Female representation matters. Colorado's legislature proves that.

Colorado State Capitol. Photo credit: Colorado Senate GOP [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

“Female representation matters. Colorado's legislature proves that.”:

The corridors of the gold-domed state capitol here are lined with busts and portraits showing what political power used to look like in Colorado. Nearly without exception, the figures depicted in that artwork are male.

But step onto the floor of the Colorado House, and you’ll see something entirely different. In the current legislative session, more than half of the state representatives — 34 out of 65 — are women. Seven of the 11 House committees are chaired by women.

Only once before and only briefly has any legislature in the country experienced a female majority in even one of its chambers. It happened in New Hampshire, where women held 13 out of 24 seats in the state Senate during the 2009-2010 session.

Read Karen Tumulty’s full article at The Washington Post here…