RepresentWomen in the News
New Research Shows Ranked Choice Voting Helps Women Win
August 05, 2020
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is among the women officials elected through ranked choice voting. Nearly 100 years after a large number of American women won the right to vote, progress for women in...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWe're Still Not Giving Women Equal Opportunity to Run and Win
June 26, 2020
By Cynthia Richie Terrell There’s a reason for the phrase “Money makes the world go around.” As we’ve seen this election cycle, no matter a candidate’s platform or connections, they won’t get anywhere without...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWarren exits, and our hopes for a woman president once again are dashed
March 08, 2020
Greg Nash, The Hill By Cynthia Richie Terrell Sen. Elizabeth Warren has exited the Democratic presidential primary and with her go our hopes for a woman president during the 2020 suffrage centennial. The primary...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWarren had diehard fans, especially women. So why couldn’t she win?
March 06, 2020
By Allison Donahue “Michigan needs a social justice warrior,” state Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) announced to a crowd of Elizabeth Warren fans at a Detroit rally on Super Tuesday. “Warren is a lot like...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWomen's representation is the heart of the democracy reform movement
March 02, 2020
Abigail Adams may have been the first woman to engage in democracy reform in the United States. (MPI/Getty Images) Terrell is the founder and executive director of RepresentWomen, a nonpartisan organization that advocates...
Read More Add your reaction Share