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Political Science’s Karen Beckwith emphasizes the impact of Gayle Manning’s historic role as the first woman Speaker Pro Tempore in Ohio’s House

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Spectrum NewsKaren Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, emphasized the impact of Gayle Manning’s historic role as the first woman Speaker Pro Tempore in Ohio’s House. “Young girls seeing a woman in political power begin to aspire to leadership themselves,” Beckwith noted, urging further progress for women in Ohio politics.