Martha Angle clearly points out in her thesis article the discrimination and obstacles women go through when entering the political system. Their hardships not only as women, but also as mothers, make it a more difficult a path to enter than for their fellow male complement. Women in today's society are steadily making progress, as one can see when comparing the number of women in Congress today to the number fifty years ago, but it …
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…had just adopted an infant girl. Would she be able to handle the role of a government official and the role of a mother? These are such questions and factors that women are faced with today when entering the national government workforce. Although, the progress has been slow and tedious, the American woman is moving up in the wolrd of politics, and will continue to strive for equal leadership roles until the task is accomplished.