The year the Berks County Commission for Women was founded, four women held U.S. Senate seats.

That was in 1993. The number of female U.S. senators has since grown to 20, Berks County Senior Judge Linda K.M. Ludgate said at the commission’s 20th anniversary luncheon on Sunday afternoon.

But, she stressed, much still needs to be done to advance women’s role in society. Read More →

By Laura Newberry
Reading Eagle