What is the ERA? The text of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is short and simple: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Alice Paul introduced the first version of this amendment at the Seneca Falls convention …

  Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: What Went Down In The New Hampshire Primary FiveThirtyEight This week in the New Hampshire primary, Sanders, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar put up strong showings, while Warren and …

  What’s Galentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the best day of the year. It’s a day dedicated to lifting anyone who identifies as a woman up, or as Leslie Knope would say, “ladies celebrating ladies.” To celebrate this year, we are lifting up some of our favorite women’s publications. Just five years ago, many people …

  Primary night in New Hampshire was full of surprises. Senator Amy Klobuchar’s campaign picked up momentum when she came in third, and Senator Elizabeth Warren came in fourth. The primary failed to propel the long-struggling campaign of Tulsi Gabbard. But what do we know about the New Hampshire women who voted in the hotly …

  Yes.   We can’t believe it’s 2020 and we’re still having this conversation, but yes: women are electable. It’s as simple as that. Don’t just take our word for it though, we have the sources to back it up: 8 in 10 voters reject the idea that the country isn’t ready to elect a …

  2018 was a history-making year for Black women: at least 468 Black women ran for political office up and down the ballot, and 25 Black women are currently serving in Congress as a result of that election—the first time this number has gone above 20 in the history of the United States. While we …

  For a full recap of the February, New Hampshire debate numbers, head here. Four days after the chaotic Iowa caucuses and four days before the high-stakes New Hampshire primary, seven democratic presidential contenders, including two of the three remaining female candidates, debated at St. Anslem’s College in Manchester, New Hampshire. The debate, sponsored by …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Iowa Caucus Results 2020 The New York Times In the first contest of the 2020 presidential election, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders have come out on top. Buttigieg …

  As the 2020 election cycle ramps up in earnest, we at Project LPAC have a plea to candidates and the organizations conducting outreach on their behalf: as you travel around the country, eating local foods, shaking hands and explaining your priorities on stages large and small, don’t overlook LGBTQ women voters. Our new research …

  With more women running for elected office than ever before, children today are more likely to see images of women candidates than they have in the past. This may be one part of Hillary Clinton’s rich legacy as the first woman to be nominated as a presidential candidate by a major political party. Or …