Why Does the US Still Have So Few Women in Office?
Women are still drastically underrepresented in government, despite the hard work that groups like NOW have done to get women elected.
Category: Electoral Politics
Honoring Shirley Chisholm
According to an American University study, 63 percent of girls have never even thought about running for political office. I can’t help but think that if high school history texts featured Shirley Chisholm’s story a little more prominently, the number of girls who have thought about running for office would be a lot higher.
Who wrote this script?
Calling Wendy Davis a gold-digger or Hillary Clinton as a shrew can make for a good story, but it doesn’t make for good journalism.
Hey GOP – We’re Not Fooled!
Even as conservatives tone down their anti-woman rhetoric to the public, their harmful policy positions stay in place.
Representative Vern Buchanan “De-friends” American Women
His co-sponsorship may have been an accident — almost like an accidental friend request — but support for the ERA should be uncontroversial.