Test your knowledge of women's leadership – answers from our pop quiz

Tomorrow is our 14th annual Girls Day at the State House. 100 girls from across the state come to learn about Maine’s legislature in action and develop the leadership skills and experience to be Maine’s next generation of leaders! With the halls of the State House full of 100 girls the day certainty stands as a representation of the reform to come and the changing face of leadership in this State and Country. As the answers to this quiz indicate, clearly we have made a lot of progress over the years but there is still much to be done, but days like Girls Day stand as a reminder of the direction we are going.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s pop quiz -  check how you did, quiz your friends, ponder the need for increased women’s leadership…

1.) How many countries have women as their elected head of state?

9/151, or just 6% !

2.) How many women are in Barack Obama’s cabinet?

3 – Janet Napolitano as Secretary of Homeland Security, Hilary Rodham Clinton as Secretary of State, and Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor.

3.) What percent of State Governors are women?

12 %

4.) What percent of Congress?

17%

5.) What percent of the U.S. Supreme Court?

22.2%

6.) What percent of the Maine Legislature?

29%

7.) How many women have been Governor of Maine?

zero