Women candidates and their campaigns: the latest info, trends and historical context.

Facts

Women in President Obama's Cabinet or in Cabinet-Level Positions


Melody C. Barnes Director of the Domestic Policy Council bio here	Regina Benjamin Surgeon General bio here

Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State* bio here	Lisa P. Jackson Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency** bio here

Valerie Jarrett Senior Adviser bio here	Elena Kagan Supreme Court Justice bio here

Sara Manzano-Diaz Director of the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor - bio here	Karen Gordon Mills Administor, Small Business Administration bio here

Janet Napolitano Secretary of Homeland Security* bio here	Susan E. Rice U.N. Ambassador** bio here

Mary L. Schapiro Chairwomen of the Securities and Exchange Commission bio here	Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services* bio here

Hilda L. Solis Secretary of Labor* bio here	Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court Justice bio here

Nancy Sutley Chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality bio here
Resigned position:

Carol Browner White House Coordinator of Energy and Climate Policy bio here	Ellen Moran Communications Director bio here

Christina D. Romer Chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers** bio here