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Nancy Pelosi on How Women Can Succeed in Politics & Business
At Wall Street Journal event, the first female House speaker says, ‘You have to be prepared to throw a punch, for the children’
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At Wall Street Journal event, the first female House speaker says, ‘You have to be prepared to throw a punch, for the children’
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It hasn't been easy and it hasn't been fast, but the rising tide of women in Congress is changing Capitol Hill and the country.
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Seema Shrivastava-Patel is Gov. Henry McMaster’s choice to head the state DHEC board, a politically appointed panel that hears permit appeals and helps set agency policy.
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Today, for the first time in history, four women lead the House and Senate Appropriations Committees—one of the most powerful committees on the Hill. Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are the chairperson and…
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Former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a megaphone for the women’s movement, the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and a liberal Democrat known for her barbed wit, notably coining the term “Teflon…
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Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories…
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Climate change impacts girls and women differently than boys and men: over 80% of people displaced due to climate change are female. Women are stepping up to combat climate change in ways the men before them haven’t.
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Feminist movements are giving women a louder voice than ever, but those at the top of their game are routinely expected to deal with abuse and threats of violence.
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Four of the the world’s five highest-ranked universities will be led by a woman by the end of the summer. This is the highest-ever level of representation of women leaders at elite universities, a high…