The latest news is that many more women are running for office than in years past. I’d like to comment on why many of us women feel it is important that women have a seat at government tables.
It is not that we think women are better than men. It is not because we think there should be 50/50 parity. It is because women govern differently than men.
Studies show that women are more collaborative, less partisan and more goal-oriented than men. In other words, women get things done. This is important in today’s world where the word “government” is often synonymous with “gridlock.”
A new local volunteer nonpartisan organization called WIRE for Women has been formed to help elect and appoint women to local nonpartisan offices. These are the women who will help get things done when given a chance to sit at the tables where decisions are made.
Carol Mayer Marshall
President, WIRE for Women
Menlo Park
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