Why the US still hasn’t had a woman president
Estonia, Singapore, Ethiopia and Finland – these are some of the 21 countries currently governed by a female president or prime minister.
Yet a woman president of the U.S. still remains only a hypothetical.
The 2020 Democratic nomination contest originally featured six women candidates, a record number. But the most prominent female candidates for the Democratic nomination – Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar – have all dropped out, and the focus of the race has narrowed to two males.
My research examines what countries where women run the government have in common – and why the U.S. still lags behind.
Where women lead
Since 2000, 89 women have newly come to power. That’s more than double the total number of women who entered office between 1960 and 1999.
Women’s greater...