{"id":9394,"date":"2024-01-12T11:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9394"},"modified":"2024-01-12T11:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:35:47","slug":"minnesota-capital-st-paul-makes-history-as-first-large-u-s-city-with-all-female-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9394","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota capital St. Paul makes history as first large U.S. city with all-female council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali looked out at her fellow council members at their initial meeting this week, she saw all the members\u2019 seats were occupied by women \u2014 a first for Minnesota\u2019s capital city.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Experts who track women in politics said St. Paul, with a population of about 300,000 people, is the first large U.S. city they know of with an all-female city council. But even as the council members celebrate the milestone, they are expressing more excitement about what the all-female council can accomplish in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re a multifaith, multicultural group of women. Our professional experiences are what people trusted as much as our personal ones. \u2026 And we have a clear policy vision that we got elected on,\u201d Jalali said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>All seven women are under 40 years old, and six out of the seven are women of color. From civil engineering to nonprofit directing, they have a wide range of professional experiences, which Jalali said helps capture the city\u2019s diversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that our community is finally reflected by the city council,\u201d Jalali said, adding, \u201cThe median age of our community is 32.5. We are a majority person-of-color city. We have many major racial and ethnic groups, many of which are now represented on this council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to researchers with the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, St. Paul is the largest U.S. city they are aware of to ever have an all-female city council.<\/p>\n<p>The Rutgers data show that women\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cawp.rutgers.edu\/2023-women-municipal-office\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">continue to be underrepresented<\/a>\u00a0as municipal officials across the country. Jean Sinzdak, associate director of the center, said seven out of 10 municipal office holders across the country are male, and most of them are white.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that you have an all-female council and a majority of women of color, it has a long-term effect on young women and girls seeing them and saying, \u2018I can do this, too,\u2019 \u201d Sinzdak said.<\/p>\n<p>Members held their first city council meeting Wednesday after getting sworn in the day before.<\/p>\n<p>Hwa Jeong Kim, the council\u2019s vice president, and Jalali said that their top priorities include a comprehensive housing policy, renter protections, climate action, public safety interventions that use police officers less and mental health responders more, and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like women and women of color and queer and trans women have been grieving for a long time \u2014 not for things that they\u2019ve lost, but for things that they\u2019ve never had,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n<p>The council \u201clifts up the progressive values of our community more than ever and is committed to doing that difficult work together \u2014 not just in a performative way, but in a way that is sustainable and will really make lasting change,\u201d Jalali added.<\/p>\n<p>The council is a nonpartisan office, but all seven members are Democrats, she said.<\/p>\n<p>In Minnesota, women made up 35% of the municipal office holders in cities with over 10,000 people, tying the state with Michigan for 16th place among the 50 states, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cawp.rutgers.edu\/2023-women-municipal-office\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">the Rutgers data.<\/a>\u00a0Alaska and Arizona had the highest proportions of women in municipal office at 45%. North Dakota had the lowest at 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Sindzak said left-leaning and Democratic communities tend to have more women elected officials because Democratic women outnumber Republican women, so they are more like to run for office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not surprising to me that a city like this achieved this milestone first,\u201d Sindzak said.<\/p>\n<p>St. Paul is considered to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2022-decision-notes-mn-29e744984b3a9906bb4bb3835707be68\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">a Democratic stronghold.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Karen Kedrowski, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University, said the number of women elected to legislative, congressional and municipal offices seems to consistently level off around 25% to 30% across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to have a 100% female city council in a major city in the United States is really significant. If it\u2019s not the first one, it\u2019s one of the first where this has happened \u2014 so it\u2019s a big deal,\u201d Kedrowski said.<\/p>\n<p>Kedrowski said Minnesota has tended to run ahead of the national average for the participation of women in elected office. Both of its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8c0853caa15648a3871385f69a3826e4\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">U.S. senators<\/a>\u00a0are women, its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-governor-budget-ceremony-signing-walz-5eff134a29459d943c0c5863b72d20bc\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">lieutenant governor<\/a>\u00a0is a woman of color, and the Minnesota\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-politics-minnesota-marijuana-gender-c20c29529364f5a64ee0d68eaf7055a5\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">Legislature<\/a>\u00a0has a high percentage of women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s remarkable about this lineup is not just that it\u2019s all women, but it\u2019s the age of these women and it\u2019s the diversity of these women,\u201d said Heidi Heitkamp, director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and a former U.S. senator from North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a wonderful opportunity to see what diversity produces in terms of public policy, what things will change, because you have different people sitting at the table who traditionally haven\u2019t had those roles,\u201d Heitkamp said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\">Get the business news that matters most to you with our customizable digest, Fortune Daily. <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/fortune-daily\/?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=fortune_daily\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">Register<\/a> to get it delivered free to your inbox.<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali looked out at her fellow council members at their initial meeting this week, she saw all the members\u2019 seats were occupied by women \u2014 a first for Minnesota\u2019s capital city. 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