| March Tue, 2024
Black Female Mayors still often face racial and gender bias
According to researchers at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, Ellen Walker Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, was the first Black woman elected by a popular vote to lead an American municipality in 1971.
| March Tue, 2024
Column: Nikki Haley is on the rise. Can she surpass Donald Trump?
She is the fifth Republican woman to run for president, compared with 12 female Democrats who have launched bids, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
| February Thu, 2024
Nikki Haley’s unexpected rise from ‘scrappy’ underdog to Trump’s closest rival
“Top predictors of votes for Donald Trump are hostile sexism and racial resentment,” said Kelly Dittmar, director of research and a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
| February Thu, 2024
Trailblazing Politician Releases New Book on Transformative Power of Women
According to the Center for American Women and Politics, in 2023 there are only 25 women represented in the U.S Senate, out of a total of 100 Senators. In the House of Representatives, there are 125 women, out of a total of 435 seats. Clearly we are nowhere near parity, which makes you wonder how different our national policies would be if we had more women in political leadership, not just at a federal level, but also state and local levels.