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October 16, 2026
Weekend Reading on Women's Representation October 16, 2026
This week, through a review of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Cynthia reflects on women’s representation and what true equality requires. In the play, a powerful man dismisses a young woman with: “My false o’erweighs your true.” Whose word is believed remains a central barrier to equality. We see it from news happening today, from threats against women in the Arizona legislature to the abuse directed at famous woman tennis player Coco Gauff.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025
As Halloween approaches, RepresentWomen reflects on the history of women's power — from the Salem witch trials to today's ballot box — ahead of a historic Election Week where women are poised to sweep governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey and make gains in city halls across the country.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of October 24, 2025
October 24, 2025
On the 50th anniversary of Iceland's Women's Day Off strike, RepresentWomen reflects on how collective action and structural reform transformed a nation — and what the U.S. still has to learn from global parity leaders like Bolivia, Iceland, and Mexico.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of October 17, 2026
October 17, 2025
From Lucy Stone's defiant 1855 Cincinnati speech to Helena Moreno's historic landslide victory as New Orleans' first Hispanic mayor, this week's roundup connects the long arc of women's fight for representation to today's most urgent democracy reforms.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of October 3, 2025
October 3, 2025
From the Women’s March on Versailles to the Anita Hill hearings, from breaking a 1,400-year stained-glass ceiling with the appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, to reflections on the legacy of Jane Goodall — this week’s Weekend Reading traces how women’s footsteps have always carried us forward.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of September 26, 2025
September 26, 2025
RepresentWomen's team gathered in person this week, reflecting on thirty years since the landmark Beijing Conference on Women — and Hillary Clinton's urgent warning that progress is under threat — while celebrating Adelita Grijalva's landslide congressional win in Arizona and tracking historic opportunities for women in November's gubernatorial and mayoral races.
2025
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Honoring women of 9/11 and recommitting to a stronger democracy.
September 19, 2025
As the United Nations opens its 80th General Assembly with Annalena Baerbock becoming the first woman from Western Europe to preside over the session, RepresentWomen reflects on troubling new data showing declining support for women's leadership in the U.S. and Germany.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of September 12, 2025
September 12, 2025
On the anniversary of September 11th, RepresentWomen honors the women first responders whose heroism was nearly erased from history, and connects their legacy to today's urgent work of building a democracy where women's leadership is never sidelined.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of September 5, 2025
September 5, 2025
RepresentWomen connects back-to-school season to women's democratic leadership — from Barbara Jordan to today's record wave of women gubernatorial candidates — while covering federal workforce cuts hitting Black women hardest, Debra Shigley's Georgia runoff, and digital violence in Italy.
2025
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From suffrage to Labor Day, women have always carried democracy forward. See how today’s leaders continue that fight in this week’s Weekend Reading.
August 29, 2025
On the 105th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we reflect on how far women's political representation still has to go while celebrating wins like Catelin Drey's stunning Iowa Senate upset and highlighting global stories of women's leadership. This week's roundup connects Women's Equality Day and Labor Day to the ongoing fight for policy changes that empower women.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025
This week's edition examines how ranked choice voting leveled the playing field in New York City's mayoral race, while covering the growing wave of women gubernatorial candidates in 2026 and rising safety concerns for women in office following the assassination of Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of July 25, 2025
July 25, 2025
This week marks two interesting milestones including the founding of the National Association of Colored Women by Mary Church Terrell & Frances E.W.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025
This week marks the 177th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention , where abolitionists, Quakers, and community members gathered for the first women’s.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025
Halfway through 2025, there are notable opportunities for women candidates unfolding, from the certainty that Virginia will elect its first-ever woman governor.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025
This Friday marks the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and we reflect on how far women's equality still has to go to fulfill democracy's founding promise. This week's roundup covers New York City's landmark ranked choice voting primary and more.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025
New York City's ranked choice voting primary delivered a stunning upset — and women are poised to maintain their supermajority on the City Council — while a charter commission threatens to dismantle the very system making it possible.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women's Representation Week of June 20, 2025
June 20, 2025
As the summer solstice approaches, RepresentWomen celebrates Opal Lee's legacy on Juneteenth, Virginia's historic all-woman gubernatorial race, and new research confirming that women in office govern differently and prioritize issues that matter most to their communities.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women's Representation June 13th, 2025
June 13, 2025
With over 70,000 nonpartisan seats on the ballot in 2025, RepresentWomen highlights a wave of women's wins — from Mikie Sherrill's New Jersey gubernatorial nomination to Gina Ortiz Jones' upset mayoral victory in San Antonio and Amanda Clinton's landslide in Oklahoma.
2025
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation Week of June 6, 2025
June 6, 2025
Australia's historic election delivers a surge in women's representation, with 69 women now serving in its House of Representatives, while Canada's numbers stall — illustrating how electoral systems like ranked choice voting and proportional representation shape women's political power.
2025
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