some rockin' women politicians

that are all the more rockin' because they graduated from women's colleges.

In the Senate:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, NY-D, Wellesley College
Blanche Lincoln, AR-D, Randolph-Macon Women's College
Barbara Mikulski, MD-D, Mt. St. Agnes College (no longer in existence)

And a high five to the states of Washington, Maine and California for having two, therefore, only, female Senators.


In the House:
Nita Lowey, NY-D, Mount Holyoke College
Nancy Pelosi, CA-D, Trinity University (DC) <--house minority leader
Barbara Lee, CA-D, Mills College
Jane Harman, CA-D, Smith College
Rosa DeLauro, CT-D, Marymount College
Nancy Johnson, CT-D, Radcliffe College
Virginia Browne-Waite, FL-R, Russell Sage College
Katherine Harris, FL-R, Agnes Scott College
Betty McCollum, MN-D, College of St. Catherine
Allyson Schwartz, PA-D, Simmons College
Tammy Baldwin, WI-D, Smith College <--and gay!




Shame on these states, for having NO women in either chamber:
Alabama
Arizona
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts (what the hell, MA?)
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Utah
Vermont




And one of my favourites of these women: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat in the House who's pro-gay rights, pro-choice, pro-gun control, and stole my heart when I read that whilst in the Florida Senate she fought to try to make language in the state more gender neutral. Oh yeah, and she shares my birthday (September 27).