'Bittersweet': Harris VP pick reminds some women the glass ceiling is still intact
'Bittersweet': Harris VP pick reminds some women the glass ceiling is still intact. Posted by Cynthia Richie Terrell on August 20, 2020
Cynthia Richie Terrell, the founder and executive director of RepresentWomen, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for more women in office, said that Biden's commitment early-on to picking a female running mate is an example of how men can wield their privilege to help change the underrepresentation of women in politics. "It's an important reminder that executives have a lot of power to accelerate progress to parity,” said Terrell. "It really begins to crack the egg of sexism, and all of a sudden people see that women can also be in positions of power."
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