MORGAN COUNTY — The President of the United States, for the 47th time, will be a man.
In the past 10 years, America has seen the first women at the top of major presidential tickets, and in the past 10 years, it has seen both of them lose their elections.
It’s now been over a century since women were formally granted the right to participate in American political life, but their power and influence continues to linger behind men. Less than 30 percent of Indiana General Assembly members are women, comparable to numbers in the U.S. Congress.
Local politics is simply a microcosm of statewide and national trends. At first glance, Morgan County government seems to be full of women — the county auditor, treasurer, assessor and recorder are all women.
This is not to be discounted. In fact, Morgan County Council president Kim Merideth cited these women as the reason she was initially hesitant to weigh in on this story.
“I don’t necessarily think women are underrepresented in county g...
