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Author: Shay Franco-Clausen

Shay Franco-Clausen is ReflectUS Coalition member Ignite’s West Coast region program director and serves the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. She is also the director of gender and equity for the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee and an adult advisor for California High School Democrats. She is a mother of five children with her wife, loves to hike, surf and is a Bay Area DJ. ReflectUS is a national, nonpartisan coalition working to increase the number of women in office and achieve equal representation across the racial, ideological, ethnic and geographic spectrum.
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“In Government, Women Continue To Be a Minority”: The Path for Women in Politics is Paved With Different Stones

Shay Franco-Clausen
“In Government, Women Continue To Be a Minority": The Path for Women in Politics is Paved With Different Stones

Men account for more than two-thirds of elected officials at the federal, state, and larger locality levels, making the presence of more women a newer phenomenon that is often seen as an exception rather than the rule.

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