So far, 61 women have run for governor in 2018, nearly doubling the record of female candidates set in 1994, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers. Women have also set ...

We plotted out exactly where U.S. women hold political power—and the sometimes frustrating, ... Some 2,432 of the 7,386 state legislature seats in America are held by women.

As Americans mark Women's History Month, we look back at 50 women who made political history in the U.S., from the 18th century to today.

In America, the acclaimed bastion of democracy, women are still far from getting their dues in the political terrain. United States Bureau Chief OLUKOREDE YISHAU was at a Washington Foreign Press ...

By early 2018, more than 42,000 women had reached out to Emily’s List about running for office, and 356 women Democrats filed paperwork to run for Congress (120 Republican women filed to run).

Throughout American political history, women have played crucial roles in presidential debates, advocating for gender equality and inspiring women across the nation.

An analysis of census-level data by Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics — the first university-based center to focus on women's participation in American politics on a national ...

The Government department is reviving a lecture course on women in American politics for the spring semester, responding to a recommendation from its 2019 report on departmental culture. The class ...

The representation of Black women in politics is growing, but still has a long way to go, a new report shows. Report authors Glynda Carr (Higher Heights) and Kelly Dittmar (CAWP) offer insights on ...

With women currently making up only twenty percent of Congress, the biographer of Elizabeth Cady Stanton discussed how the women's vote has changed and not changed American politics.

For Generations, Black Women Have Envisioned a Better, Fairer American Politics A new book details the 200-plus years of trenchant activism, from anti-slavery in the earliest days of the U.S. to ...

Representative Omar has one of the most inspiring, engrossing, and American life stories in U.S. politics today. This Is What America Looks Like shares the tale of a little girl who lost her ...