Center for American Women and Politics
Obama Can Break Record for Appointing Women to Cabinet: Clinton Administration Set Standard to Beat
Published in Lab Business Week, December 7th, 2008
As President-elect Barack Obama selects appointees for cabinet and cabinet-level posts, he has a standard to meet or beat: the record proportion of women appointed under President Bill Clinton. According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Clinton's administration included at one time nine women out of a total of 19 cabinet members and cabinet-level appointees, or 47 percent women.
"Women's votes were a significant factor in the victory of President-elect Obama," says CAWP director Debbie Walsh. "Now we hope his administration will reflect the nation's...
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Source: Lab Business Week (2008-12-07)
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