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Monday, February 11, 2019
USA: ‘A woman, just not that woman’, how sexism plays out on the trail
The New York Times
By Maggie Astor, In the words of her detractors during the 2016 presidential race, Hillary Clinton was abrasive and shrill. She was aloof. She was unlikable. It’s not a coincidence that some of these adjectives are now bubbling up in discussions of...
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Thursday, February 07, 2019
USA: 2019's barrier-breaking politicians get to work
Marie Claire
On November 6, 125 women were elected to the House, Senate, and governorships. This week, they assume power. Here's what they plan on doing with it. First they marched. Then they ran. And then? They won—big. In last year’s midterms, women candidates...
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Friday, February 01, 2019
US: ‘This could be me’. Women rival male candidates in early 2020 presidential field
Mass Live
Although the 2020 presidential cycle remains in its initial stages, the race for the White House is expected to draw an historic number of women candidates — with many already having taken steps towards running and others rumored to be considering...
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
US: She’s not ‘the one’. The antidote to sexism in the race toward the presidency
Huffington Post
By Emma Gray, For those who worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, it was obvious that sexism played a role in how her candidacy was received. Pundits complained about her facial expressions, her “shrill” tone and her alleged...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
USA: The sublime, sudden new normal of watching women run for President
Glamour
By Mattie Kahn, Earlier this week Kamala Harris entered the 2020 presidential race. Her announcement was the expected conclusion to the will-she-won't-she conversation that has surrounded her since she was elected to the Senate in 2016, announced...
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Friday, November 30, 2018
USA: A historic number of women were elected in 2018—these four are expected to run for president in 2020
CNBC
The 2018 midterm election included a wave of victories for female candidates and major upsets across the country. Now, four prominent female Democrats are all but openly running for president. Sen. Kamala Harris of California, considered a top...
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Friday, September 07, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
US: 2018 is the year of the woman on the ballot
CNN
By Brooke Baldwin, Cara McClure explains her decision this way. "I wasn't planning on running, and then I woke up that morning feeling guilty ... because I have so much to offer." McClure once battled homelessness as a single mother. But her...
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Friday, August 10, 2018
US: Female veterans run for congress
CNN
MJ Hegar does not hold back. "I'm an ass kicking, motorcycle-riding, Texas Democrat. That's who I am!" She says that emphatically, unblinkingly and unapologetically to a constituent at a political meet-and-greet in a suburban Austin, Texas, home....
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Friday, July 27, 2018
US: Meet the women candidates taking #MeToo to the ballot box
NBC
First Donald Trump inspired Katie Muth to tell her husband about her rape, then he galvanized her into running for office. Muth had been married for about five years, but never told her husband about the man she says raped her after the rehearsal...
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Friday, July 06, 2018
US: Married suburban women could be pivotal in the battle for Congress — but for which side?
Stltoday
At a McAlister's Deli, tucked in one of the miles of strip malls that line Manchester Road among the shoulder-to-shoulder suburbs of west St. Louis County, Helen McCauley and her daughter Sara didn't hesitate when asked recently about the coming...
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Thursday, July 05, 2018
US: Why young women might get more women elected
FiveThirtyEight
The 2018 midterm elections are shaping up to be a watershed year for women and politics. Not only are a record number of women running for political office in 2018, but many of them are running campaigns that tout the underrepresentation of women in...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
US: Record numbers of women are running, but how many can win?
CNN
With primary season underway and a record number of women on ballots nationwide, the question now is how many will make it to office after elections in November. The reality is that many of the women running face long odds. Of the 40 women who have...
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Friday, June 01, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
US: Will 2018’s ‘pink wave’ of female candidates make it in Congress?
The Washington Post
By Amanda Clayton and Pär Zetterberg, Articles about the “pink wave” — the record number of women who have entered midterm congressional races — are appearing regularly in top media outlets. And as this month’s primaries in Pennsylvania suggest,...
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Thursday, May 17, 2018
USA: Women will probably lose more than they will win in 2018, but their candidacies are still a big deal
The Washington Post
A record number of women are running at all levels of government this year, and for the second consecutive week of primaries, a notable number of them are winning. Across four states Tuesday, women won competitive primaries in four House races in ...
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Friday, April 13, 2018
USA: Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads
Politico Magazine
 Women are increasingly spotlighting gender as they run in record-breaking numbers in 2018. From breastfeeding on camera to sharing intimate stories of sexual abuse, women running for office are turning campaign norms — and long-held gender...
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Monday, April 09, 2018
USA: Hundreds of Former Staffers Urge Senate to Act on Sexual Harassment
Roll Call
Senate leadership to receive letter following recess Over 600 former staffers have signed a letter urging Senate leadership to consider legislation that would address sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. That number continued to grow Friday morning....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
United States Senate’s female members push for harassment vote
Politico
The Senate's 22 female members joined together Wednesday in a bipartisan push for their leaders to overhaul its workplace misconduct rules, airing "deep disappointment" that the chamber hasn't already moved. The House approved its own revamp of...
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Friday, July 07, 2017
USA: Would more women in politics make for better political discourse?
Christine Todd Whitman single handedly halted Bill Bradley’s presidential aspirations when she nearly beat him in a Senate race in 1990. A then unknown sacrificial lamb against an incumbent Hall of Fame basketball star. She lost by two percentage...
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