It’s a common observation that the nations with the most effective coronavirus response are all led by women. In comparison, pandemic management in the US has been delegated predominantly to the state and local levels, where the most effective leaders have followed the global trend — they’re women. And in many cases, they’re LGBTQ women. Now, …

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: The Black Women Who Paved the Way for This Moment Keisha N. Blain, The Atlantic Black women have been stepping up as leaders during the recent protests over …

There have been hundreds of articles written since the 2018 election which have focused on the painfully small number of GOP women currently serving in the US House, most of which are now coupled with an emphasis on the record setting number of GOP women running in 2020. Any way you slice it, the current …

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: Why Are Black Women and Girls Still an Afterthought in Our Outrage Over Police Violence? Brittney Cooper, TIME Professor Brittney Cooper condemns the lack of public focus on Black women …

As governors and mayors take the lead in responding to COVID-19, we’re seeing the importance of having women in chief executive roles. There are only nine current women governors, and eight women running in 2020. BLFF’s research Ready, Willing, and Electable shows what voters look for in executive office candidates. 1. Trustworthy While it’s been …

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: How Do You Lead a State’s Coronavirus Response? Ask Her Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times More than 60 percent of state health directors are women. The …

  In 1916, four years before the 19th Amendment was even passed, Jeanette Rankin (R-MT) became the first woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Congress. This was one of the first major milestones for women in Congress, and it kicked off a long tradition of women making history in the Capitol Building. Take …

Image: Geraldine Ferraro at the Democratic National Party Convention, 1984 Every four years, the Republican and Democratic parties hold party nominating conventions to pick their presidential nominees, and women have been part of them before they even had the right to vote. As lawyer and suffragist Judith Ellen Foster, the first woman to address the …

When I first came to Washington, which was — and remains — a male-dominated place, I assumed that I should emulate the guys. I compensated for my soft-spoken, petite Latina self by taking up swearing, for example, as a way of showing the toughness and strength that I thought the guys wouldn’t see by looking …