Most of the urban liberals and all female delegates lost their seats.

The number of female delegates will be required to increase.

He said female delegates were emerging as a significant force for peace and stability and a government based on the rule of law.

Many other female delegates came up against milder, but no less insidious, forms of opposition.

Many of the 114 female delegates protested at not being represented in the secretariat.

The 100 or so female delegates, of a total of 502, wanted one of their rank as a deputy.

It had been a matter of much debate as to where the female delegates would sit.

She retired in 2005, leaving as Virginia's most senior female delegate and the 11th most senior member of the house.

This parliament may have been the first in Europe to include women-there were seven female delegates.

The British organising committee were surprised to find there were female delegates asking to sit in the main hall.