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Kansas City Star

October 10, 2015

By Kelsey Ryan Once a leader in the number of women elected to office, Kansas is now in the middle of the pack for gender parity, according to a recent report. Representation 2020, a...

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VTDigger

October 10, 2015

By Jasper Craven At Sue Minter’s gubernatorial campaign kickoff earlier this week, former Gov. Madeleine Kunin – an early supporter of Minter’s and the only woman to hold the post – gestured with her...

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The Nation

June 19, 2015

Nearly a century after gaining national suffrage rights, American women represent a majority of voters, yet women represent less than a quarter of state legislators, a fifth of members of Congress, and an eighth...

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Sightline Institute

May 19, 2015

By Kristin Eberhard If you put your money in a vending machine and punched in the number for trail mix, but it instead gave you a pack of gum, would you use that vending...

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Richmond Times Dispatch

April 25, 2015

By Andrew Cain A presidential hopeful who lives in Virginia reportedly will announce a 2016 run a week from Monday. Republican Carly Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, lives in Fairfax County. She and...

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Women Misrepresented In Politics

March 07, 2015

By Claire Schmidt, Staff Writer Since Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were barred from attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840, women in politics have made much progress. However, many still say that...

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GovFem

January 21, 2015

By Hannah Moss When we started GovFem, we received a lot of positive feedback (thanks!). But we also got a few questions from GovLoopers about how much progress women have made in government, what resources...

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Bustle

November 05, 2014

By Alicia Lu The 2014 midterm elections made history in at least one state. In Iowa, Republican Joni Ernst beat Democrat Bruce Braley to become the first woman to be elected as governor or...

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In These Times

November 04, 2014

By Rebecca Hellmich The Granite State is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to achieve gender parity in elected office. Here’s how they did it. The people of New Hampshire take...

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AL.com

October 15, 2014

By Leada Gore Alabama has climbed out of the basement in a ranking of the number of women who hold elected office in the state. Representation 2020 assigned all 50 states a gender parity...

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