Women In Politics

Women In Politics
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 picture, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., second from right, is thanked by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., right, after moving a box for her to stand on during a news conference on energy, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Reid and Boxer. Despite celebrations planned Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 _ designated as Women's Equality Day to mark the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920 _ American women's share of high-level political power still lags behind scores of other nations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)