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Tag: Women in Politics

The first female vice president-elect and House Speaker both come from California, a state that also was the first to be represented by two female U.S. senators. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters. iStock, Gage Skidmore via Flickr; Office of Eric Garcetti via Flickr
Posted inElection 2020

California women smash ceilings in national politics — not so much in state politics

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall November 8, 2020November 9, 2020

California is home to the first woman vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, and first female House speaker, Nancy Pelosi. So why does it lag on women holding power in the statehouse?

women corporate boards
Posted inEconomy

How California’s ‘woman quota’ is already changing corporate boards

Avatar by Martha Groves December 16, 2019December 19, 2019
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

A new Legislature, a new session

Dan Morain by Dan Morain December 3, 2018
Crowds arrive at California's Capitol for the 2017 Sacramento Women's March. Photo by Jim Heaphy courtesy of Creative Commons
Posted inElection 2018

Record number of women candidates win in California’s 2018 election

Avatar by Ben Christopher November 20, 2018June 23, 2020
Aerial view of Shasta County's Keswick Dam area after the Carr Fire, Aug. 21, 2018. Kathleen Galligan, USA TODAY network. Used by permission.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Climate change, the net and a burger boycott

Dan Morain by Dan Morain August 31, 2018
Posted inPolitics

More than half of states have been governed by a woman—why not California?

Avatar by Ben Christopher January 31, 2018June 23, 2020
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