A lament

Germany has just sworn in their first female chancellor. Liberia just elected their first female president.

America, on the other hand, as a bastion of liberty and democracy and equality and all that good stuff, has 14 female senators (out of a hundred) and 67 female representatives (out of 435). We've never had a female president, and a measly 27 female governors - ever. (link to a .PDF).

I just sort of wonder, out of curiosity, if we're ever going to catch up to Liberia in that arena? And also, is it not tragically depressing that Liberia is doing better in an area of political equality than we are?