100 years ago a female governor was elected. Is it time for a female president?
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100 years ago a female governor was elected. Is it time for a female president?

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100 years ago a female governor was elected. On Nov. 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to become Wyoming's governor, the first time a woman held a governorship in the United States. A hundred years ago Monday, this country elected its first two women governors, and the first one to take office was Nellie Tayloe Ross. TOM REA: She was a well-known woman in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and her husband was elected governor in the early 1920s. Rea says Tayloe Ross was asked to run by Wyoming's Democratic Party leadership.

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A record number of 13 women set to serve as US governors, still an ‘underrepresentation’
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A record number of 13 women set to serve as US governors, still an ‘underrepresentation’

Hindustan Times  

With Kelly Ayotte’s win in New Hampshire, a record number of 13 women are now set to serve as governors in the US next year. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte, who faces Democrat Joyce Craig in the November 2024 election, listens to a question during a visit to a local concrete coating business, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. …

A record 13 women will be governors next year after New Hampshire elected Kelly Ayotte
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A record 13 women will be governors next year after New Hampshire elected Kelly Ayotte

Associated Press  

The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections. “Thirteen out of 50 is still underrepresentation.” With two women vying for governor in New Hampshire, a new record for female governors was inevitable. “We would also fail …

A record 13 women will be governors next year — ‘still underrepresentation’
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A record 13 women will be governors next year — ‘still underrepresentation’

LA Times  

Republican Kelly Ayotte, who won the governor’s race in New Hampshire, will be one of 13 women serving as a state’s chief executive next year. The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections. “We would also …

Proponents call for more women to seek higher office in the US
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Proponents call for more women to seek higher office in the US

China Daily  

Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage to deliver remarks, at Howard University in Washington, US, November 6, 2024. “Vice-President Harris’ run for office highlights that women can serve at all levels of government and serve well,” Deidre Malone, president of the National Women’s Political Caucus, told China Daily. “I think it’s perfectly clear what Harris’s …

Two Women Running in New Hampshire Race, a First in State History
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Two Women Running in New Hampshire Race, a First in State History

Associated Press  

The New Hampshire gubernatorial race between Kelly Ayotte and Joyce Craig has become intensely personal due to the candidates' focus on abortion and reproductive rights. Ayotte's support for a federal abortion ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and her role in protecting Justice Neil Gorsuch's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court have drawn criticism from Craig, who emphasizes her personal …

Challenges before Mexico's first woman president
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Challenges before Mexico's first woman president

Hindustan Times  

On June 4 Claudia Sheinbaum made history by becoming the first woman president of Mexico, a country of 130 million people. The discourse on increasing the participation of women in leadership and policy making started in 1975 at the United Nations’ First World Conference on Women, coincidentally held in Mexico City. In 2018, women won half the seats in Mexico’s …

Column: More than 30 states have elected female governors. Will California finally join them?
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Column: More than 30 states have elected female governors. Will California finally join them?

LA Times  

Democrat Dianne Feinstein came close to becoming California’s first female governor, but narrowly lost to Republican Pete Wilson. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis, California’s first female lieutenant governor ; Toni Atkins, the first woman to lead both the Assembly and state Senate, and former state controller Betty Yee have all declared their candidacies to succeed the term-limited Gavin Newsom. State schools chief …

US midterm elections: The first Indian-American lieutenant governor and several other historic firsts
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US midterm elections: The first Indian-American lieutenant governor and several other historic firsts

Firstpost  

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Vermont likely to elect its 1st woman to Congress this year
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Vermont likely to elect its 1st woman to Congress this year

Associated Press  

MONTPELIER, Vt. — With a rare opening this fall in its congressional delegation, Vermont appears poised to lose its distinction as the only state that has never been represented by a woman in Washington. “It’s a bottleneck of leadership,” said Elaine Haney, the executive director of Emerge Vermont, an organization that works to prepare women to run for elective office. …

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