All posts tagged "women and elections"

Women Gain Record Power In State Legislatures

So Many Female Presidential Candidates, So Many Sexist Double Standards

OPINION By Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) The “likability” trap ensnares high-achieving women in all professions. “As descriptions...

Plan W Aims To Get More Women In Power Roles

By Harold Brubaker The Philadelphia Inquirer. When Leslie Richards became a Montgomery County commissioner in 2012, she was inundated by men angling...

How Jane Byrne Manhandled Chicago’s Democratic Machine

EDITORIAL Chicago Tribune. Margaret Jane Burke, a debutante from a well-to-do Irish family, was the only pre-med student at Barat College, a...

Nancy Pelosi Rails At Sexism In Questions About Stepping Down

By Carolyn Lochhead San Francisco Chronicle. WASHINGTON To reporters asking why House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doesn’t step aside to make way...

How Elise Stefanik Became The Youngest Woman Ever Elected To Congress

By Shira T. Center CQ Roll Call. WASHINGTON Rep.-elect Elise Stefanik’s path to victory in New York reflected the trajectory of the...