Why should women VOTE?
 

1. 50th in the nation in women’s political participation:
   • Only 64% of Tennessee women are registered to vote. On this measure, Tennessee is last in the region behind Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky.

   • Only 44% of registered Tennessee women voted in 1998 and 2000. Again, last in the region.
      

2. 46th in the nation in women’s employment and earnings

   • Tennessee women’s median annual earnings is $23,232. (1999)

   • The ratio of women’s to men’s earnings is 73%. (1999)

   • Women in managerial and professional occupations is 28%. (2000)
      

3. 45th in the nation in women’s health and well-being
    

4. 44th in the nation in the percentage of women with bachelor’s degrees

   • only 14% of Tennessee women have four or more years of college (1990)

Here’s what YOU can do:

• REGISTER to vote

• VOTE on election day

• REMIND OTHERS to register and to vote! Don't assume that your friends and coworkers vote or are even registered to vote. You'd be surprised!

• LEARN about the candidates for local and statewide office so that you can make informed decisions

Learn more about the economic status of Tennessee women at http://www.state.tn.us/sos/ecw or by calling the Tennessee Economic Council on Women at (615) 253-4266.

To view a copy of the report, The Status of Women in Tennessee, please contact the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C. at http://www.iwpr.org