Women, women, women.

One of the main themes we heard this election season was how important the woman’s vote was. And with Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin both making their own kinds of history this year, many, in fact, hailed this year as the "year of the woman."

Women were wooed by John McCain and Barack Obama after Clinton dropped out of the presidential race. Alaska Gov. Palin turned on the charm to try to convince women she and McCain made the right team for them. Especially with the economy in the toilet, women – who make many of the financial and health-care-related decisions for the family (Did you know women make up 70 percent of this country’s purchasing power?) – were seen as a pivotal voting bloc.

But now that the election is over, WomenCount wants to make sure women aren’t forgotten.

“The notion was that this is the year of the woman, that’s what we kept hearing,” WomenCount Executive Director Stacy Mason told wowOwow. “Women were front and center in this election. Just because the election is over doesn’t mean we can let women retreat now from being at the center of the conversation. The election exposed too many things relevant to women … and the future of this country. We have to follow up.”

And what WomenCount wants is for President-Elect Obama to create a presidential commission for women in his first 100 days in office. The nonprofit political organization is recruiting signatures for a petition to send to Obama, asking him to bring together some of the best female minds around the country, from a variety of political, economic and philosophical backgrounds.

"For what?" you may ask.

So that women’s voices are heard in the conversations debating some of the most important issues that surfaced during this election – equal pay for equal work, a better health-care system, the economy, foreign policy and even Iraq.

“We just think this commission is the right thing right now,” Mason said.

The idea dates back to JFK’s time in office. In 1961, Kennedy created the first Presidential Commission on the Status of Women and named Eleanor Roosevelt its chair. That was 47 years ago, but WomenCount says today’s women’s needs are just as great.

"Our feeling is, this is another moment in time where people need to pay attention, leaders need to act and there needs to be this national conversation about the future of women,” Mason said.

WomenCount is reaching out to women’s groups around the country. As of now, about 20 groups – including the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation and Women’s Media Center – have signed on. It’s also reaching out to Obama’s transition team, elected leaders and other notable females who have advocated on our behalf. Within the next week, the group plans on launching a viral, Web-based signature drive.

You can sign the petition by clicking here.

Women need to get more involved “so they feel they’re really a part of this and part of something and making this happen,” Mason explained.

Mason and four other women in California’s Bay Area from technology, journalism, political and business backgrounds run WomenCount. They formed the group during the Democratic primary season out of disgust over what they saw as gender bias and sexism toward Clinton during the Democratic primary.

Remember that incident in New Hampshire just before the primary there when two men stood up and screamed, “Iron my shirt!”?

Then there was the pressure Clinton fell under to drop out of the primary, despite having 18 million supporters and winning some races. Mason and friends were even more disgusted by the fact that Democratic Party leaders didn’t defend Clinton; in fact, they often contributed to the gender bias.