Imagine your typical candidate for public office. Just call up the first picture that comes to mind. What do you see? Is it a guy? A younger person or an older one? White? Yeah, I thought so. Me, too. But I’m starting to change my mind. I’m envisioning a younger woman, and one with kids.  → Read More

In a time when so many women shy away from seeking public office, understanding what enables some to overcome barriers and fear may be critical to engaging more women to seek elected office. Here is how Mayor Evelyn Wynn-Dixon reached her success.  → Read More

20 years after the first “year of the woman” 2012 was its reprisal year, producing the largest class of new women in Congress—close to 100—the most ever. So this means the future for more women in political leadership is bright right? Not really..  → Read More

“Why haven’t we ever had a woman president?” That was the question that Marianne Schnall’s 8-year-old-daughter asked her during the 2008 election that gave her pause. The writer, author and Executive Director of Feminist.com said she didn’t have an answer for her daughter. So she set out to find one. What resulted is her new book: What Will It Take to Make A Woman President?: Conversations About Women, Leadership and Power.  → Read More