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We All Have a Responsibility to Ensure Women Candidates Receive the Coverage They Deserve

  In a 13-paragraph article published on June 28, 1924 on Lena Jones Spring – the first woman placed in nomination for Vice President by a major party – the New York Times called her the “handsomest in the convention,” commented that she didn’t look old enough to meet the Constitutional age requirement, and compared …

Media Round Up: November Debate Edition

  Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up: Debate Edition. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Four Seasoned Journalists Will Moderate Tonight’s Presidential Debate—They Happen to Be Women By Mattie Kahn, Glamour Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell, Ashley Parker, and Kristen Welker …

Gender on the Debate Stage: November Numbers

  For a full recap of the November Atlanta, Georgia debate numbers, head here. After six debate nights, produced by seven news organizations, with a total of 602 questions, it finally happened!  It took a debate moderated by four female journalists to ask more than two unique questions related to issues central to the lives …

November #DemDebate Top Tweets

  Ten of the Democratic candidates for President faced off last night in the fifth debate of the 2020 cycle and the Internet had a lot to say. Here are some of our favorite tweets from the night: We weren’t the only ones excited to see so many women participating – in the moderator’s chairs …

November Debate: What We Saw

  The fifth Democratic debate featured ten candidates, four of whom were women, and four debate moderators, all of whom were women. Between the moderators’ chairs and the stage, women made up more than half of the participants in last night’s conversation, breaking yet another gender parity record this presidential primary season. The Barbara Lee …

Reminder: Women are not a monolith 

  As we gear up to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment in 2020 and see a record number of women running for president, this feels like a good time to remind everyone: Women voters won’t support a woman candidate just because she’s a woman. Research from the Women & Politics Institute at American University finds that the gender of the candidate …

Media Round Up: Week of November 10th

  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: Politics is finally a coed sport. So, what rules apply? By Ruth Marcus, Washington Post From likability and electability to exploitation online, we are at a unique …

What to Watch For: The Fifth Democratic Primary Debate

  Next week’s Democratic primary debate will be held in Atlanta, GA, and will feature 10 candidates. As we head into the fifth democratic primary debate of the cycle, here’s what I’ll be looking for: All women moderators. Last month MSNBC and the Washington Post announced that the November debate will be moderated by four …

By the numbers: women in executive office

  In 2018, a record number of women were elected to Congress, and it was widely celebrated as a breakthrough year for women’s representation. But, this watershed moment did not reach the executive level. It’s 2019, and the United States only has nine women governors.  States that currently have a woman governor. Blue = Democrat, …

Where does your state fall on the Gender Parity Index?

  For many, the 2018 elections and the election of the 116th Congress felt like a turning point for women’s representation. The election of the 116th Congress saw a rise in the number of Congresswomen, a record number of women of color, and an increase in the proportion of women in state legislatures. But despite …

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