It is hard to imagine it was only a little over 100 years ago women were given the right to vote in the United States. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women full suffrage was finally ratified in 1920.

In recent decades, many folks have lamented there are very few women in elected office in Alabama, especially in the legislature. We do indeed have a low percentage of female legislators, most particularly in the Republican ranks. We have some high-profile female statewide officeholders. Gov. Kay Ivey, PSC President Twinkle Cavanaugh and Supreme Court justices Kelli Wise and Sarah Stewart, to name a few.