[Spoilers for the Netflix series Trial 4] This weekend I binged the new Netflix documentary series Trial 4, which I just happened to stumble across
Category: Women in Politics
The People of the Sunrise Movement
A Special Underground Groundbreakers Post “What is so powerful about our movement is its ability to reveal leaders in every young person who joins. The
Alessandra Biaggi, New York State Senator
Series: Underground Groundbreakers of Today Continuing my theme of interviewing New York State Senators who defeated members of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), I recently
Satya Rhodes-Conway, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
Series: Underground Groundbreakers of Today The moment when Satya Rhodes-Conway, the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, decided she could get into politics was when she was
Liv Coleman, candidate for Florida House
Series: Underground Groundbreakers of Today The 73rd House District of Florida, encompassing Manatee and Sarasota Counties in central Florida, has only had one Democratic representative
Vigie Ramos Rios, manager of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign for Congress
Series: Underground Groundbreakers of Today NOTE: After taking a hiatus for a while to decide the best direction for Underground Groundbreakers, I have decided to
Shirley Chisholm, first black woman elected to Congress
Series: Groundbreakers in History “I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the
Celebrating the Women Elected to Congress in 2018
A Special Groundbreakers Post; Groundbreakers of Today If you’re in the US (and even if you’re not), you may have heard that we had midterm
Madeleine Kunin, first Jewish and female governor of Vermont
Series: Groundbreakers in History “As a feminist, an immigrant, and a Jew, I was perhaps too different from the average Vermont voter, yet it was
Jeannette Rankin, First Woman Elected to Congress
Series: Groundbreakers in History “I may be the First woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last.” When you think of “women’s firsts,”