The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund...
The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund has ranked the states and the District of Columbia according to how their courts and legislatures have responded to women’s issues. No. 1 is best and No. 51 is worst:
1. Washington
2. Massachusetts
3. New York
4. Wisconsin
5. Connecticut and Michigan
7. Alaska, Maryland and New Jersey
10. Hawaii and Minnesota
12. Iowa and Oregon
14. California and North Carolina
16. Illinois
17. Idaho and Montana
19. Colorado and West Virginia
21. Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont
28. District of Columbia
29. Florida, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio and Utah
36. Kentucky, North Dakota and Tennessee
39. Wyoming
40. Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia
43. Delaware
44. Arizona
45. Arkansas and Kansas
47. Georgia
48. Mississippi and Nevada
50. Alabama
51. South Carolina
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