Essential Estrogen

This site/blog has been sitting on the back burner for years now. Hosting and domain registration bills were paid, but the actual work of putting it all together just never seemed to be the number one priority. Today something happened to change that.

It was no accident the powers-that-be were motivated to put it all together so quickly. You see, today we witnessed history... and anticipate witnessing even more in the near future.

Polly Bukta took the oath of office as speaker pro tempore of the Iowa House of Representatives, the first woman to ascend to that rank in the history of our state. Originally a teacher, she was first elected to the Iowa legislature in 1996, representing House District 26.

It's well deserved, Polly. Congratulations!

In a few days, we will also be witness to the inauguration of Iowa's fourth female Lieutenant Governor. Congratulations then also go out to Patty Judge -- who already made history as Iowa's first female Secretary of Agriculture.

We begin this experiment in tracking women in politics -- especially women in Iowa politics -- with a small wish: May the final breakdown of both race and gender come in our lifetime. May we be overwhelmed by all the new history we will witness.