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Could California’s Next Governor Be Female?
California women have shattered some significant glass ceilings. But alongside all those famous firsts are some lingering imbalances in the state’s power structure.
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30 Quotes from Formidable Female Leaders
Unlock the mindsets that underpin effective leadership from the perspective of women.
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How Four Women of Color See Their Roles as Hosts at NPR
Leila Fadel, Michel Martin, Ayesha Rascoe and Juana Summers have taken over host chairs at NPR’s flagship news programs. They’re thinking holistically on how to lead when it comes to representative news.
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Women Are Almost Half of Lieutenant Governors. Could It Pave the Way to Higher Office?
New research shows the opportunities and challenges for women who are second in command.
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Women Given the Right to Vote at Upcoming Meeting of Catholic Bishops
Originally published by Nicole Winfield for Associated Press Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an historic reform that reflects his…
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Increasingly, Women Are Running the World’s Great Museums
From the Louvre to the Vatican Museums and the National Gallery of Art, female directors are taking over from men.
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How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court
An abortion ban struck down. The lone female justice retiring. And a majority-male legislature rallying behind the one male candidate to replace her. This is how South Carolina ended up with an all-male Supreme Court as new abortion legislation looms.
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Which Fictional Woman Should Run for Office?
With less than 11 months until Super Tuesday, national nonprofit She Should Run is determined to help Americans encourage the amazing women they know to consider elected leadership. On the heels of the organization’s …
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Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Wagner Reed, Who Resurrected the Legacies of Women in Science
In 1992, the geneticist Elizabeth Wagner Reed self-published “American Women in Science Before the Civil War,” a book highlighting 22 19th-century scientists. One of them was Eunice Newton Foote, who wrote a paper…
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Trailblazing Black News Correspondent Gail Christian Dead at 83
Gail Christian, who broke barriers as a Black on-air correspondent and rose to national prominence at NBC News and PBS, died on April 12 in Los Angeles. She was 83. The cause was complications of…