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Originally Posted by spence
So in one year qualified women hold 40%+ of positions then the number falls because of lack of qualified women...while at the same time women graduating college and earning law degrees is rising...and then after Romney the qualified women suddenly reappear?
That doesn't add up.
-spence
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Romney appointed
14 women out of his first 33 senior-level appointments.....
42 percent.
a UMass-Boston study found that the percentage of senior-level appointed positions held by women actually declined throughout the Romney administration, from
30.0% prior to his taking office, to
29.7% in July 2004, to
27.6% near the end of his term in November 2006.
shocking decline....
According to the Daily Mail, Romney ultimately hired
four women for his 11 available cabinet positions. But one, Ellen Roy Herzfelder, only lasted around two years. Herzfelder was named the secretary of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs but
left in 2005 to spend more time with her children. She later became a senior policy adviser.
Jennifer David Carey served as Romney's secretary of Elder Affairs. She currently works as the senior director of training and education for the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Kerry Healey, ultimately became Romney's lieutenant governor. She was praised for her cuts to the deficit and ultimately ran for governor herself. However, she and her fellow Republican nominee were defeated by Democrat Deval Patrick. She also has been appointed to executive committees by Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.
Jane Edmonds, is currently a professor at Northeastern University.
She told the paper that she thinks her former boss would "make an excellent president," even though Edmonds herself is a Democrat. She worked under Romney as the Secretary of Workforce Defense.