| March Wed, 2019
Women in Idaho have shaped its political history
“A record number of women ran for seats in Congress and in state legislatures in 2018, and a record number of women are now serving in those chambers, according to Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.”
| March Sat, 2019
How black women could give Kamala Harris a financial boost in 2020
“Data on the political donations of black women is sparse, said Kelly Dittmar, a scholar at the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics. ‘But historically, women of all races have been ‘extremely underrepresented’ among all donors above $200,’ she said.”
| March Fri, 2019
TV shows like ‘Scandal’ and ‘Madam Secretary’ may spur people to become more politically engaged
“The Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers-New Brunswick, highlighted several key milestones that have galvanized women in recent years, which kicked off with Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful run for the White House in 2016…”
| March Fri, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand is making paid family leave a defining issue in her 2020 run
“‘In 2016, you saw Hillary Clinton bring it to the forefront as a major policy platform issue, as a standard item in her stump speech. And then you saw Bernie Sanders do the same thing,’ says Kelly Dittmar, an assistant professor of political science and scholar at Rutgers’ Center for American Women and Politics.”