According to CNN box stats flashed on-screen, over half the delegates to the Democratic National Convention are women. They were in evidence at two events that took place on Monday.

From 8am-2pm, a symposium entitled Unconventional Women was held. The lead organizer of the event was former U.S. Ambassador to Austria, Swanee Hunt. Sliding scale admission fees benefited four nonpartisan partners: Women's Voices, Women Vote; Women's Campaign Forum; Latina Initiative; The White House Project.

"Politics without women like you is a recipe for injustice," was the tag line. In a television interview with local news, Hunt spoke about the impact women have when they become involved in a political structure, such as Congress. She maintained that the influence of women creates a shift in budget priorities -- to the areas of education, health care, and the environment. Hunt also observed that women drive a focus to groups that have been traditionally marginalized.

In the afternoon, a "Feminist Gathering and Celebration of Women's Equality Day" was hosted by the National Organization of Women, The Feminist Majority, the Dolores Huerta Foundation, and the National Association of Social Workers. Behind a podium draped with a banner that declared, "Feminists are the Majority," a series of speakers addressed the assembled crowd.

Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority, told listeners, "Feminists are everywhere." She qualified the Democratic platform as "the strongest platform for women's rights every adopted by a major party in the United States." She discussed how it opposed "any and all efforts to undermine Roe v. Wade," adding, "You name it, we got it in." She talked about the strength of the Democratic ticket asserting that on women's issues, "Sen. Biden has been there time and time again."