women in politics

“It is true that my life has been threatened as the leader of this playground campaign,” wrote Mabel E. Macomber in 1929 from Brooklyn’s Bedford neighborhood.

Why women civil rights organizers marginalized at this event, and how that affects our collective memory of the struggle.

Anna Rosenberg had massive influence in American politics for 40 years. Remembering her story offers a guide for solving problems today.

As the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment lapsed in June 1982, the amendment's foes celebrated, while its proponents looked to the future.

Why do most chroniclers of LBJ’s presidency miss the centrality and influence of the first lady?

Frances Perkins was the first female Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, paving the way for the record number of women serving in President Biden’s Cabinet.

Such women have long pushed American politics to the right, and their ideas have become mainstream.

Since Jeannette Rankin was elected in 1916, 352 women have served in the House and 46 in the Senate. About two-thirds entered Congress during or after the 1990s.

Before presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, before Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, there was Congresswoman and firebrand Bella Abzug.

Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.

The first woman to run for president was infamous in her day.

Looking to the local level showcases how women claimed their rights in Early America.

Power and ambition in women are often hidden, buried, disguised, crushed, mocked, diminished, punished, or excoriated.

Exploring the last 100 years of women in politics through data.

Women could make history this year — but there's still a long way to go before there's equal representation.

Clinton's memoir addresses the gendered discourse and larger feminist contexts of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Hill revisits the infamous Clarence Thomas hearings with five of the congressional women who supported her.

Profiles of a few of the municipal leaders elected in the wake of the 19th Amendment.

The writings of Emma Goldman entered the public domain. Here is an introduction to Goldman's life and her particular brand of anarchism.

The women who opposed their own enfranchisement in the Victorian era have little in common with the “Repeal the 19th” fringe of today.