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 ...

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).

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 ...

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

Editor's Note: Read more stories in our series about women and political power. On February 13, 1920, Carrie Chapman Catt stood triumphant before the opening session of the National Woman Suffrage ...

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.

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 ...

The history of women in American politics is just as long as that of the nation as a whole. Even in the days before the Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote, many tried hard to make a ...