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At 89, After More Than 30 Years in the Senate, A Trailblazing Woman Has Announced Her Retirement
Dianne Feinstein Is Old, Absolutely. She’s Also an Absolute Giant.
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U.S. Rape Culture Is Sidelining and Silencing Future Female Leaders
Young women and girls are grappling with unprecedented levels of violence, sadness and trauma—putting U.S. democracy further at risk.
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Iran: The Politics of Women’s Rights and Hypocrisy
In a vote that highlights the fraught international politics of women’s rights, Iran was recently expelled from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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Online Misogyny Is a National Security Threat, New Study Finds
In the spring of 2021, Annalena Baerbock became an unlikely candidate to lead Germany’s chancellery election after experiencing a huge surge in popularity ahead of the vote in September of that year. But after she…
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Barbara Lee, a Longtime Congresswoman, Is Running for Senate in California
Representative Barbara Lee, who stood alone against authorizing military action after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and remains a leading antiwar voice in Congress, entered the 2024 Senate race in California on Tuesday, becoming the…
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Jennifer McClellan Elected First Black Woman to Represent Virginia in Congress
Virginia Democratic state Sen. Jennifer McClellan cruised to an easy victory in Tuesday’s special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District, making her the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress. The race was…
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How to Ensure the Next World Bank President Is Its First Woman Leader
The resignation of David Malpass as World Bank president last week offers a rare chance to tackle one of the root causes of the so-called “crisis of multilateralism.” Like many of the multinational organizations created in the wake of…
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2024 Democratic Primaries: Race for SC Democratic Party Leadership Begins
Who is going to lead the South Carolina Democratic Party when the first-in-the-nation presidential primary arrives in 2024? Two Black candidates, former SCDP Executive Director Christale Spain from Columbia, who would be the first Black…
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Who Will Be Our First Woman President?
What will it take for a woman to obtain the highest office in the land? While pundits debate Nikki Haley's chances, historian Alexis Coe looks back at a speech former President Gerald Ford gave to a group of children and wonders if he—and whole bunch of film and TV writers—was right all along.
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First Ladies From Martha Washington to Jill Biden Have Gotten Outsized Attention for Their Clothing Instead of Their Views
First ladies’ fashion choices tend to attract a lot of attention and often, quite literally, go down in history. Now, with their new home at the Smithsonian Museum’s popular gallery showcasing first ladies’…