ABSTRACT
This concluding chapter highlights some salient findings in terms of both cultural particularities and general implications for women's representation in national politics. It briefly discusses the prospects and the recent development concerning women's participation in Korean politics. The twenty-nine women legislators were diverse in their occupational backgrounds, gender-role ideologies, motivations, and patterns of political participation. The majority of women legislators of the pioneer generation received their formal education at girls' schools established by Christian missionaries in the early part of this century, when 90 percent of the female population were illiterate. The cross-national comparison of the ratio of women legislators in European countries, the United States, and Asian nations, has demonstrated the significance of electoral systems in affecting women's representation in political life.
