New group seeks to recruit female progressives
Following in the footsteps of Annie’s List and Emily’s List, Oklahoma now has it’s own list, Sally’s List.
Not to be confused with Rep. Sally Kern, who most people might think of when they hear the name Sally in state government.
Sally’s List is a new venture that seeks to recruit female progressives and help get them elected in 2012. It’s named after Sally Rae Merkle Mock, an Oklahoma City attorney who was an advocate for women’s rights. She died suddenly in 2009 from a brain aneurysm. Sally’s List board member Sara Jane Rose says the group wants to focus on improving the lives of women and children in Oklahoma. The group also supports abortion rights measures, but that’s not their only issue, Rose said.
The Sally’s List organizers say they want to attract young men and women to help add females to Oklahoma’s Legislature. The group will host a Happy Hour on Thursday at VZD’s in Oklahoma City from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A similar event is being organized in Tulsa.
Oklahoma has 17 female legislators among the 149 serving in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Five women are in the 48-member Senate and 12 are in the 101-member House. Oklahoma’s percentage of female legislators is 11.4 percent, slightly more than South Carolina’s 10 percent.
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It shouldn’t be too hard to find enough Brain Dead women to recruit for the Progressives. Intelligent and good looking ones usually are Conservatives.
I would very much like to respond to Judy Sims Reed and old friend from Little Rock, Arkansa. If possible could you ask her to email me at bdrennan2@verizon.net
Thanks, Beth Tipton Drennan
This sounds like a wonderful cause and I’m so pleased it was name for Sally Merkle Mock. I just learned today that Sally had died in 2009. She was a close friend in high school and college. She was someone I always admired. I live in Wisconsin, where we have a pretty good record of women in public office (I served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors for 6 years). Our state representative is a woman and our congressperson is a woman. I hope Sally’s List is a big success. How does one send a contribution?
Judy Sims Reed