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Women who serve in political office are pushing for more women to get involved
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A town hall Tuesday night featuring women in politics had a clear message: More women need to get involved from running for elective office to helping candidates get elected.
“We know women are underrepresented in public leadership roles in Missouri, Kansas, and across the country,” said Claire Bishop, Executive Director and COO of American Public Square at Jewell.
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A town hall Tuesday night featuring women in politics had a clear message: More women need to get involved from running for elective office to helping candidates get elected.
“We know women are underrepresented in public leadership roles in Missouri, Kansas, and across the country,” said Claire Bishop, Executive Director and COO of American Public Square at Jewell.
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The Campaign School at Yale trains the next generation of women in politics
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It’s the final day at The Campaign School at Yale (TCS), and in Room 127 at Yale Law School, students are presenting their case studies on a simulated race for attorney general in Pennsylvania. The case studies are the culmination of a week of intensive training, and a panel of veteran political advisers are judging the students’ presentations.
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It’s the final day at The Campaign School at Yale (TCS), and in Room 127 at Yale Law School, students are presenting their case studies on a simulated race for attorney general in Pennsylvania. The case studies are the culmination of a week of intensive training, and a panel of veteran political advisers are judging the students’ presentations.
Analysis: Why there aren’t more women in the 2024 Republican presidential field
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July 11, 2023
Analysis: Why there aren’t more women in the 2024 Republican presidential field
As Republicans keep jumping into the 2024 race for president, one demographic group seems notably lacking: women.
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As Republicans keep jumping into the 2024 race for president, one demographic group seems notably lacking: women.
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The League of Women voters takes on the environment
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Once they won the right to vote, some women’s suffrage activists in the United States moved on to focus on how to direct this new electoral power. The League of Women Voters was established as a non-partisan association by members of the all-white National American Women Suffrage Association to throw its support behind “good government,” not just women’s issues.
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Once they won the right to vote, some women’s suffrage activists in the United States moved on to focus on how to direct this new electoral power. The League of Women Voters was established as a non-partisan association by members of the all-white National American Women Suffrage Association to throw its support behind “good government,” not just women’s issues.
‘Vote, run, win and lead’: Counting Black women’s seats at the table
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July 10, 2023
‘Vote, run, win and lead’: Counting Black women’s seats at the table
The 2018 midterms were known as “The Year of the Black Woman,” as a record-setting five of them were elected to Congress.
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The 2018 midterms were known as “The Year of the Black Woman,” as a record-setting five of them were elected to Congress.
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Pakistan-born woman politician assaulted outside Eidul Adha prayer hall in US
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A Pakistan-born woman member of the House of Representatives of the US state of Connecticut was attacked after she came out of a hall after offering Eidul Adha prayers with her family this week in the state’s capital city of Hartford, it emerged on Saturday.
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A Pakistan-born woman member of the House of Representatives of the US state of Connecticut was attacked after she came out of a hall after offering Eidul Adha prayers with her family this week in the state’s capital city of Hartford, it emerged on Saturday.
Women in local politics experience higher rates of online threats compared to men
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July 5, 2023
Women in local politics experience higher rates of online threats compared to men
A study conducted by local academics in San Diego County found that elected officials, especially women, are increasingly becoming targets of intimidation and threats on social media.– Researchers reviewed the Twitter accounts of elected officials da
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A study conducted by local academics in San Diego County found that elected officials, especially women, are increasingly becoming targets of intimidation and threats on social media.– Researchers reviewed the Twitter accounts of elected officials da
Women’s interest in entering politics surged after Dobbs. So why aren’t they running?
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July 4, 2023
Women’s interest in entering politics surged after Dobbs. So why aren’t they running?
Susanna Gibson remembers where she was and what she was doing on June 24, 2022, the way some remember 9/11 or the Challenger explosion.
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Susanna Gibson remembers where she was and what she was doing on June 24, 2022, the way some remember 9/11 or the Challenger explosion.
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