Here's to the trailblazers, the courageous, the bold, & let's not forget the beautiful! It's National Women's Day today, and as someone who loves and adores his wife, along with appreciating achievements of some that may have been told, "You can't do that, you're a girl". Today, we're honoring women from all walks of life for all they have done for society, family, & the world.
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The number of women as heads of government and elected heads of state as of 2017. It's up from eight in 2005, though down slightly from a peak of 19 in 2015. Women hold the highest office in Bangladesh, Chile, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Liberia, Lithuania, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton was the first female presidential nominee for a major U.S. political party.
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The number of women in the U.S. Congress. There are 84 serving in the 435-member House of Representatives and 22 in the 100-member Senate, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
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The percentage of U.S. bachelor degrees that were awarded to women in 2016, the most recent year for which data are available from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Women received a total of 1,098,939 degrees, while men received 821,779. Women are also more likely than men to receive master's degrees and doctorates.