| February Tue, 2019
Women candidates for 2020 are putting motherhood front and center
“Warren is far from the first candidate to highlight the importance of affordable child care. Her plan has also already faced intense criticism in some quarters, but it's rare - and notable - to see a candidate focus on child care as a signature issue in the first few weeks of a campaign, said Kelly Dittmar, an assistant professor of political science and scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.”
| February Tue, 2019
‘There’s not just one women’s lane’: A record number of female candidates running for president
“The value of having multiple women candidates is that they force us to think about women candidates in a way that is not monolithic,” says Kelly Dittmar, scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics.
| February Sun, 2019
“Presidential hopefuls struggle to control damage from sexual misconduct cases in first race of #MeToo era”
“‘You can say you support #MeToo, and you can say you support women, but you have to be able to demonstrate that in your own organization and in your own behavior,’ said Kelly Dittmar, a political scientist at Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.”
| February Fri, 2019
“There are more moms in Congress than ever before”
“More than one-fifth of the Congresswomen are moms to young children, according to analysis by the Center for American Women and Politics.”