Women in the Legislature

My project revolves specifically about the role of women in the state legislature. As I began to think about possible maps that I could show, I couldn't think of a way that the physical space of the capital building would impact how women are treated. So I started to look for a map of the trends of female representation in the legislature. This map illustrate the percentage of the legislature that consist of women. I fully expected to the south to be a place where the percentage was low, mainly because of the stereotypical roles that women in the south have historically played. However I quickly noticed that the demographics aren't specific to region and, for the most part, it seems to be pretty evenly scattered (with the exception of the northeast, there is a variety everywhere). I think it would be interesting to see why authors think that certain states and certain regions have a different percentage of women representing their populations.