In round one, the ladies ruled the presidential primary debate. For the most part, they hit the stage ready to display their leadership qualities in a high-pressure situation with limited speaking time. Here’s a look at the winning strategies from the first debate and what to expect in round two. Take a Risk When …

  Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’ll be collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories, and here’s what caught our eye this week: Americans Say They Would Vote For A Woman, But… By Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, FiveThirtyEight Although 94% of Americans would vote for a woman president, women candidates …

San Francisco Chronicle | Joe Garofoli Public opinion may be changing about what “electability” means, according to a poll that will be released next week by Gender on the Ballot, a partnership between the Barbara Lee Family Foundation and American University’s Women and Politics Institute. It found that 72 percent of the 488 likely Democratic …

  On July 19, 1848, over 300 (mostly) women gathered for the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention in the United States and the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement. On the anniversary of Seneca Falls, we’re celebrating women voters. Here are a few things you should know: Women turn out at higher …