21.   A new group was set up this week in Turkey to try and elect more women to parliament.

22.   Delaware voters elected a woman as governor for the first time Tuesday, but a similar trailblazing bid by cancer-stricken Heidi Heitkamp fell short in North Dakota.

23.   Delaware voters elected a woman as governor for the first time Tuesday, and Democrats also kept control of statehouses in New Hampshire, North Carolina and Indiana.

24.   In notable mayoral races, Cleveland elected a woman as its leader for the first time, county commissioner and former legislator Jane Campbell.

25.   In notable mayoral races, Cleveland appeared likely to elect a woman as its leader for the first time, county commissioner and former legislator Jane Campbell.

26.   Momentum had been building for a female bishop, even though delegates last weekend rejected a resolution that would have required a woman to be elected.

27.   New York has never independently elected a woman to statewide office.

28.   New York has never elected a woman running alone to statewide office, though three have been elected lieutenant governor as part of a single ticket with a governor.

29.   The environmentalist Greens on Saturday set a new first in German politics, electing two women as its leadership duo at a party convention in Leipzig.

30.   The real suspense now is in the race for the next vice president, with many pushing for a woman to be elected.