Jessica Rettig makes the point that women candidates, by simply being women may gain advantages this election cycle. In this year of beltway discontent, women candidates and incumbents of both parties are viewed more as outsiders than their male counterparts. Read the article here.
In this blog post by Joan Indiana Rigdon of Forbes, the issue arises about the small number of women who reach the top of the political ladder and their duty to help other women. Pointing out that Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina of California both worked their way up the ladder of corporate America, she [...]
June 04, 2010 01:36 PM ET | Mary Kate Cary | Permanent Link | Print By Mary Kate Cary, Thomas Jefferson Street blog According to Liz Halloran at NPR (a former U.S. Newser), an unprecedented number of Republican women are either running in House and Senate primaries this summer or have already won them. “So [...]
