Archive for June 2018
A Conversation about Black Women in Politics with Karen Finney and Dr. Wendy Smooth
In late April 2018, Gender Watch 2018 Project Director Kelly Dittmar facilitated a conversation with Karen Finney and Dr. Wendy Smooth about Black women in politics. Read more at GenderWatch2018
Read MoreWhy Aren’t Top Democrats Acknowledging the Black Women Running for Office?
Some candidates winning their primaries are frustrated that they still haven’t heard from party leadership. Read more at The Atlantic
Read MoreBlack Women Candidates – 2018
A searchable list of 603 black women candidates running for office in 2018 in the U.S. http://database.blackwomeninpolitics.com/
Read MoreFormer Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton On Why We’re Still Fighting for Reproductive Healthcare
Planned Parenthood Federation of America was founded on October 16, 1916, when Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. in Brooklyn, New York, with her sister Ethel Byrne and Fania Mindell. All three women were quickly arrested (and were then arrested another six times), but that was just the beginning of their…
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