You can read the complete Barbara Lee Family Foundation research memo, Relaunch: Resilience and Rebuilding for Women Candidates After an Electoral Loss here.  The 2018 midterm elections saw more women run for elected office than any other time in U.S. history. While that meant that a record number of women would win their elections, it …

This post originally appeared on the Higher Heights website. In time for summer reading, Higher Heights is proud to present our Chisholm 50 #BlackWomenLead Summer Reading list. We are honored and excited to highlight dynamic Black women authors, who in the spirit of Shirley Chisholm– are truth tellers and have written stories to illuminate larger …

Photograph: Pauli Murray, Florence Price Dwyer On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin and changing the lives of millions of Americans. When reading about the passage of the Civil Rights Act, you’ll see a lot about the men …

Boston Globe | Stephanie Ebbert There was no Lazio moment. No woman was dubbed “nasty” or “likable enough,” at least while the mics were still hot. The first presidential debate to feature multiple female candidates was notable for its lack of gendered gaffes, as well as the breakout performances of Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris. …

  Happy Friday! Welcome to our first Media Round Up. Each week we’ll be collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories from the week. Today’s round-up is, of course, a debate edition. There were SO many fascinating reads on gender dynamics on the debate stage, these are the ones that caught our eye. …

  For the full recap and questions list from night 1, head here.   The first round of democratic primary debates is officially complete! On night one, we saw 58 total questions posed to the candidates, 38% of which were directed at the three women on the stage. Last night was a slightly different story. …

  It’s official: the number of women who have ever appeared on a presidential debate stage more than doubled in the last two nights. Even with multiple women on the debate stage each night, gender dynamics were at play. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation has studied the obstacles and opportunities women face when running for …

  Last night, 58 questions were directed at the candidates on the debate stage. 22 of those questions were posed to the three women candidates, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Tulsi Gabbard. In the past, women have largely been ignored on the debate stage. Last night’s more balanced split of questions was historic, and shows …

  Ten of the Democratic candidates for President faced off last night in the first debate of the 2020 cycle and the Internet had a lot to say. We rounded up some of our favorite tweets. It’s wonderful to see so many women onstage. To have no one candidate be “the woman.” — Emily Nussbaum …