Skip to main content

United States of America

March 6, 2014
Kirsten Gillibrand's goal: Recruit female candidates, win elections

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been called a “sleeper” candidate for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, but the New York Democrat doesn’t sound as though the White House is in her sights.

Videos

Clinton: 'Thick skin' needed for politics

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back
February 27, 2014

Clinton: 'Thick skin' needed for politics

Hillary Clinton speaking at the event "Women and Girls Count" marking the launch of a venture between the Clinton Foundation and the Bill & Melinda gates Foundation.

Hillary Clinton speaking at the event "Women and Girls Count" marking the launch of a venture between the Clinton Foundation and the Bill & Melinda gates Foundation.

February 26, 2014
Gloria Steinem: Why Our Revolution Has Just Begun

If I had to pick a couple of myths about the women’s movement that are most wrong, I think two might be tied for worst place. One is that this movement—also known as women’s liberation, feminism, womanism, mujerista!, grrrls and more—is only for white middle-class women.

Event

Event

A Conversation with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

Back

A Conversation with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi is the Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives in the 113th Congress.  She served as the first woman Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011, and she is also the first
February 12, 2014
Mary Landrieu officially approved as ENR chair – W.H. climate task force meets in LA

It’s official: Before adjourning yesterday, the Senate formally approved the shift in chairmanships following Max Baucus’s departure that leaves Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu atop the Energy and Natural Resources Committee as Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden moves to the Finance Committee.

February 12, 2014
Hillary Clinton advice to women: Thick skin

Hillary Clinton told a packed auditorium of New York University students Thursday that the most important tip she could offer women in public life was a lesson she took from one of her role models, Eleanor Roosevelt: “Grow skin like a rhinoceros.”

Poised to Run: Women’s Pathways to the State Legislatures

Back
February 12, 2014

Poised to Run: Women’s Pathways to the State Legislatures

Women legislators are more likely to say that they decided to seek elective office after receiving the suggestion to run, whereas men are more likely to say that the decision to run was entirely their idea.

Women legislators are more likely to say that they decided to seek elective office after receiving the suggestion to run, whereas men are more likely to say that the decision to run was entirely their idea.

February 11, 2014
McCaskill: Why Does A Disagreement Between Two Women Get So Much Attention?