11.   It elected five women to the five top state offices.

12.   Just having more women elected to office does not necessarily guarantee that any particular policies will be favored in Congress.

13.   North Carolina has never elected a woman to any statewide office higher than secretary of state, but is poised for something like a breakthrough this year.

14.   Putin added that he hoped the newly elected parliament would elect a woman as its speaker.

15.   She has worked for the Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and was the first Irish woman elected to the board of the International Peace Bureau in Geneva.

16.   Televised live, the hearings captured a large viewing audience and helped ignite an electoral landslide that elected more women to public office.

17.   The Empire State has never had a particularly happy track record electing women.

18.   The Oglala Lakota people have never elected a woman as tribal president.

19.   Twelve women have been elected.

20.   Will Kenya become the first African country to elect a woman?