Women, the Indiana General Assembly and state officials

<p dir="ltr">As Hoosier History Live salutes <strong><a href= "https://womenshistorymonth.gov/">Women's History Month</a></strong>, we will explore a range of aspects associated with women who have served in the <strong><a href= "http://iga.in.gov/">Indiana General Assembly</a></strong> and as state and federal officials from the Hoosier state.</p> <p dir="ltr">What questions have been asked of women candidates for public office that have not been posed to their male counterparts? What's been the percentage of female lawmakers at the <strong><a href= "https://www.in.gov/idoa/statehouse/">Indiana Statehouse</a></strong>? Why has Indiana's lieutenant governor frequently been a woman during the last 20 years, but a woman never has served as governor?</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://hoosierhistorylive.org/images/Mary-Beth-Schneider-2021.JPG" alt="" width="190" height="280" align="right" />Not only will we delve into those questions, we even will look at the number of women honored with statues and marble busts at the <strong><a href= "https://www.visitindy.com/indianapolis-indiana-state-capitol">Indiana Capitol Building</a></strong>, compared with those that commemorate men.</p> <p dir="ltr">The latter issue was the focus of a column a few years ago by the acclaimed, retired political journalist who will be Nelson's guest in this show on women's history in Indiana. Beginning in 1991, <strong>Mary Beth Schneider</strong> covered every session of the General Assembly for the <strong><em><a href= "https://www.indystar.com/">Indianapolis Star</a></em></strong> until 2013. She also covered national political conventions, presidential debates and the caucuses and primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and other states. </p> <p dir="ltr">During her career at the <em>Star</em>, which began in 1979, Mary Beth covered a variety of other beats and served as an assistant city editor; in 2019 and 2020, she wrote a weekly political column and edited stories for <strong><a href="http://thestatehousefile.com/">TheStatehouseFile.com</a>