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Monday, January 20, 2020
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'Little Women' reminds us how stuck we have been on judging female politicians
CNN
"I am angry nearly every day of my life," Laura Dern's Mrs. March (Marmee) says, wearily, in Greta Gerwig's "Little Women," a 2019 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's beloved 1868 novel of the same name about a quartet of New England sisters. "I'...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Can a woman win? Either Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar would give Trump a run for his money in November
Chicago Tribune
By Frank Bruni, Would a female Democratic nominee have a harder time beating Donald Trump than a male one? I can’t tell you, because I don’t have a crystal ball and because it’s a stupid question, its answer dependent on which female candidate you’...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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The political spouse: It’s not a job just for women anymore
Miami Herald
By Markos Kounalakis, Women on the world stage are increasingly playing lead roles. Whether New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, the newest all-female Finnish government’s cabinet led by 35-year old Prime Minister Sanna Marin or the record number of...
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Thursday, January 09, 2020
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Is there (still) a gender gap in politics?
University of California
By Karen Nikos-Rose, UC Davis, “A few years ago I took my children on a tour of the state Capitol building. My daughter was very interested in the art — the woodwork, the decorative tiles, and the paintings. After viewing the gallery of governor...
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Friday, January 03, 2020
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India: Dear parties, ignore women and urban voters, face NOTA
Hindustan Times
By Smruti Koppikar, Now that Maharashtra finally has a government, it’s worthwhile revisiting the election result to pick out a few trends that were lost in the din over government formation. Three trends among many in the electoral basket stand out...
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Friday, January 03, 2020
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Republican women are in crisis
The New York Times
By Nancy L. Cohen, The 2010s were a transformative decade for women in politics. But the biggest trend has been obscured by 2018’s female-led Democratic wave in Congress: Republican women, at both the national and state levels, are on the brink of...
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Friday, January 03, 2020
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Women in politics have brought about hope in a time of turbulence
Grazia
By Jess Phillips, A picture at the recent NATO summit in London showed the Queen surrounded by leaders of powerful international allies. Of the 31 world leaders, six were women. Men in dark suits took up the rest of the space, and women around the...
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Friday, December 27, 2019
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Fighting for Space
Harvard Politics
By Akshaya Annapragada, Seeing Kamala Harris, Kirstin Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, and Marianne Williamson all vying  — with different platforms — to be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States;...
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Friday, December 27, 2019
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A historic gender gap is possible in 2020
CNN
By Harry Enten, If President Donald Trump loses in 2020, it will be at the hands of women. While the chance of a woman winning the Democratic presidential nomination for 2020 aren't too high at this very moment, female voters seem keen on kicking...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019
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What’s the main reason women candidates drop out early?
The Daily Beast
By Julie Kohler anb Rakeen Mabud, Months before a single primary vote is cast, the lineup is set for this Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate. We will watch a group of predominantly white and male candidates take to the stage. It will be a far...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019
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A woman’s place is in the Oval Office
Cape Cod Times
By Barbara Leedom, A new decade is almost here, and we’ll vote for a new president next November. I will vote for a woman. It’s been almost a century since women got the vote in the U.S. It’s time for all women to stand up, stand out and vote for...
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Friday, December 20, 2019
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Gendered disinformation, fake news, and women in politics
Council on Foreign Relations
By Lucina Di Meco, As we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, we are far from achieving the equal participation of men and women in politics that was envisaged then. Women today hold an average 24.3 percent of...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019
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‘If you’re a female MP, people intimidate you in the hope you will shut up and go away’
Marie Claire
With the general election - arguably our most toxic one ever - only hours away, Marisa Bate investigates the grim reality of female MPs facing daily death and rape threats, installing panic buttons at home and asks three candidates running for re-...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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Why do people really dislike the women running for President?
The Cut
By Amanda Arnold, Regardless of their stance on universal health care, their voting record, or endorsements, the women running for president have been haunted by the same question: Are they “likable”? While all politicians are evaluated in terms of...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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The Tories have a record number of female candidates – in seats they can’t win
The Guardian
By Caroline Molloy, In what has otherwise been a pretty dispiriting election campaign, we were given one bit of seemingly good news at the outset. Record numbers of female parliamentary candidates are standing for election this year. Labour had...
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Friday, December 06, 2019
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Are Americans ready for a female president? Yes. In fact, they might prefer one
Los Angeles Times
BY Mary C. MC Grath, Sara Saltzer, Shortly after declaring her intention to run for president of the United States, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was asked how she would address people who wanted to support her but worried that their fellow...
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Friday, December 06, 2019
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’Sit down & shut up’: Why women in politics are quitting at an alarming rate
Refinery29
By Vicky Spratt, "Not now love. We've got bigger fish to fry. We just need to get Brexit done. Okay. That’s what we’re hearing day in, day out from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his closest allies. Nothing is more important than Brexit – not the ...
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Friday, December 06, 2019
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The biggest barrier facing women running for president
Washington Monthly
BY Julie Rodin Zebrak, As any Democrat knows, black women are the backbone of the party. It’s a ubiquitous fact in virtually all coverage of the 2020 presidential election. Yet as of this writing, there are six candidates who qualify for December’s...
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