The need for women in public services is just as strong as it has ever been.

Senator Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan. spoke in the Great Hall and in a few classes at Iowa State, shedding her knowledge on the fact that women need to get more involved in public service and how elementary and secondary education needs to be improved.

Kassebaum hit on a very important point that while women are seldom shown in the spotlight, they are central to the progression of public service, and getting things done in politics.

When Kassebaum herself was first a senator in 1978, there weren’t nearly as many women involved in politics.

She was a leader in her time for women and a wonderful example for women then and still today.

Women need to strive for their goals in public service and political office, and doors need to be opened for all women today.

There is still a glass ceiling that needs to be lifted for women to make available opportunities and to improve public service.

People need to be represented by diverse groups in order to be informed and adequately heard on issues today, and women make up very few of the U.S. senators.

Come to think of it, for making up approximately half of the population of the planet, women hold relatively few positions of influence in the world. That’s what makes people like Kassebaum so significant.

If women are properly recognized for their work, the respect for women in public service may increase.

Therefore furthering the importance of their involvement and the support they receive is crucial to the process of democracy in our nation.