When Elizabeth Warren was first approached to run for public office in 2011 by Emily's List president Stephanie Schriock, she said no.
In her recent memoir “Off the Sidelines,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-NY, describes being treated differently than her male counterparts in Congress.
In her recent memoir “Off the Sidelines,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-NY, describes being treated differently than her male counterparts in Congress.
Once women voters were considered to be a sure thing for Democratic candidates, but the tide appears to be turning, according to last week’s poll by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
There is so much conventional wisdom about women in politics that it is often hard to wade through what’s true and what’s simply taken as truth but is actually a baseless, outdated stereotype. Part of the problem, at least at the national level, is that there just isn’t enough information t
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Fewer than one in five members of Congress in the US is a woman -- and that's actually a record high.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics the 2012 election was the most expensive in history with some $6 billion being raised and spent.