At just 19 years of age Mary-Pat Hector already has an impressive political CV. She has worked throughout her home city of Atlanta to try and reduce gun violence, she is a youth leader in the National Action Network, and now she is aiming to run for city council in...
Becoming President of the United States of America has proven to be the ultimate glass ceiling. Hillary Clinton came close to shattering it last year, but Shirley Chisholm was one of the first women to put a crack in it. In 1972 she became the first African-American...
Elizabeth Warren has had a successful career thus far in politics. The roles she has held include assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury. In 2012 she was elected to the U.S. senate for the state of Massachusetts. She was born...
Geraldine Ferraro worked as an attorney before entering the political world. As a member of the Democratic Party she was a member of the House of Representatives. She also became the first woman to run for the vice-presidency of the U.S. She was born in New York and...
The day after Inauguration Day, I joined more than 6,000 women, men and children at a march in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington. I went to march in Seneca Falls, New York, not far from where I grew up. It’s hard to put into words just how...
