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A panel of scholars talked about how suffragists, as a group, outwardly adhered to traditional ideas of marriage and heterosexuality to demonstrate the suffrage movement’s respectability,…

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Nigerian Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discussed women and leadership. This virtual event was sponsored by the University of…

EMILY’s List president Stephanie Schriock provided her guidelines on how more women can gain leadership positions. This virtual program was sponsored by the Commonwealth Club in San…

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as the new treasury secretary.

Historian Catherine Grace Katz discussed the relationship between the three women who attended the Yalta Conference with their fathers: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen…

Time Magazine national political correspondent Molly Ball discussed the career of Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). This virtual event was sponsored by Politics and…

Washington Post features reporter Helena Andrews-Dye and Elle senior staff writer R. Eric Thomas looked at the life and career of Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA). This virtual program…

Politico hosted a discussion on women’s leadership and civic engagement, part of its “Women Rule” series. Speakers in this portion included Black Lives Matter co-founders Alicia Garza and…

Contributors to Finish the Fight discussed the fight for women’s right to vote. This video was provided by the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Johns Hopkins University history professor Martha Jones explored the efforts by Black women to win their right to vote. This was a virtual event hosted by Harvard Book Store in Cambridge,…

The Hill hosted a series of virtual interviews on race and gender equity issues. Among the speakers were Representative Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Delegate Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-Puerto…

Karin Lips, president of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW), discussed how Republican women candidates and incumbents fared in the 2020 elections.

Former first lady Laura Bush and Rula Ghani, Afghanistan’s first lady, discussed Afghanistan’s security, ongoing peace talks, and minority and women’s rights. The Atlantic Council and…

American University’s Women and Politics Institute hosted a virtual discussion on Republican women and the 2020 election. They discussed the women candidates running in the 2020 election and the…

Politico hosted a virtual event previewing the vice presidential debate between Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence, which was happening that evening. The panel featured…

Former Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) recounted the events that led to her resignation from Congress. This virtual event was hosted by the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco.

Carrie Clyde Holly served in the Colorado state legislature from 1895 to 1896 and was the first female legislator in the United States to have one of her bills become a law. Colorado State…

The New York Times' columnist Gail Collins discussed her book, No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History and took viewer phone calls as part of Book TV’s…

The New York Times' Gail Collins, the author of No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History, and Megan Twohey, the author of She Said: Breaking the Sexual…

Historians discuss the role of women in politics since the 1920s, both behind the scenes and as elected representatives. They talk about suffragists, New Deal-era political appointees, and…