In Knox County, women make up:

51.2% of the population
 
11% of the County Commission (2 of 19)
22% of the City Council (2 of 9)
33% of the School Board (3 of 9)
6% of our Judges (1 of 16)
0% of our area’s State Representatives (0 of 7)
33% of our area’s State Senators (1 of 3)
25% of our Fee Officers (1 of 4)
33% of the Farragut Alderman (1 of 3)

A woman has never been elected as District Attorney General,
Public Defender, or Law Director in Knox County.

A woman has never been elected as City or County Mayor,
or as Sheriff, in Knox County.
However, both Court Clerks are women.

The Farragut Mayor and Vice-Mayor are men.

Women are also underrepresented on Knoxville's Boards,
Committees, and Commissions, as well as Farragut's.

Tennessee ranks 49th in
women’s political participation.

Links:

League of Women Voters
http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Tennessee Economic Council on Women
http://state.tn.us/sos/ecw/

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm

The Status of Women in Tennessee, 2004: Highlights
http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/TN_R329.pdf

Women's Social Policy and Research Center at Vanderbilt
http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/wsparc/home

Women's Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries
http://www.libr.org/wss/wsslinks/politics.html

Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
http://www.mtsu.edu/~library/wtn/wtn-intr.html

Tennessee Women's History
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/ustennessee/Tennessee_Womens_History.htm

INSTRAW (United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women)
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1015&Itemid=231