“As a girl growing up here in Utah, that was something that I found concerning as a little kid before I could articulate it — that I didn’t see people like me [in leadership positions]," said Kate Bradshaw, a Bountiful councilwoman.
There are currently no Utah women serving in Congress or statewide office, and despite being elected to a record number of seats in 2019, women make up just a quarter of the state Legislature. Utah lags behind the national rate for women in top leadership positions at companies, with women making up less than 5% of corporate CEOs in the state, 2018 research from the Utah Women & Leadership Project shows.