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2 days ago · The party held on to control of the House of Representatives, but its majority shrank significantly. Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties, alongside the Republican Party, in the United States. The Democratic Party underwent a dramatic ideological change over its history, transforming from a pro-slavery party during the 19th ...
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4 days ago · Shirley Chisholm (born November 30, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida) made history as the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983. In 1972 Chisholm also became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party ’s ...
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2 days ago · t. e. Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then nationally in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. [2] The demand for women's suffrage began to gather ...
2 days ago · In 1942, the Women’s party of Iran (Ḥezb-e zanān-e Īrān) was founded to work to introduce the reform, and in 1944, the women's group of the Tudeh Party of Iran, the Democratic Society of Women (Jāmeʿa-ye demokrāt-e zanān) put forward a suggestion of women's suffrage in the Parliament, which was however blocked by the Islamic ...
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4 days ago · Jessica Mackler, a resident of Bethesda, is president of EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics dedicated to electing Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot. Fatima Goss Graves is the president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, and a co-founder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund.
1 day ago · The Women’s Caucus will be awarding three scholarships of $500, one in each congressional district, to young Democratic women who are either entering college this fall or current college students. Young women are encouraged to submit: a resume, a biography, and a 500-word essay on a woman in politics or a woman activist who inspires you.
2 days ago · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an American politician and activist who began representing New York’s 14th congressional district (NY-14) in 2019. Taking office at the age of 29, she became the youngest woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. Ocasio-Cortez identifies as a democratic socialist and is known.
