(Updated as of June 2023) On the road to building a team that “looks like America,” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have made diversity a priority, and their administration is on track to becoming the most LGBTQ-inclusive in history. These LGBTQ appointees to the Biden administration, which includes the first openly LGBTQ …

You’ve been following our series on the notable women appointed to the Biden-Harris administration. As the inauguration on January 20th approaches and we wrap up this series, we will be continuing to update the list of trailblazing women on our tracker. Check out Women on Wednesdays, a virtual conversation hosted by The Women & Politics …

The Biden-Harris administration has selected nominees for key roles in the White House, and the administration appears to be continuing to keep gender and racial diversity in mind. Over the past two weeks, we have covered the Presidential transition as the new appointees are announced. These are the notable women handpicked to join the historic …

Last week we covered a number of recently appointed notable women who will serve as leaders in the Biden-Harris administration. With 41 days until the Inauguration, the administration continued to fill important roles this week, and we’re continuing to see noteworthy and trailblazing women among the appointees: Marcia Fudge: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development …

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announced a number of picks for important roles in their Administration this week, and many of the appointees are trailblazers who will be the first women to hold their posts. Here are just some of the notable women who will join Biden and Harris in leading the nation starting next …

On March 15th, during a CNN-Univision Democratic primary debate, Joe Biden announced that he would pick a woman to be his vice president, stating, “There are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow. I would pick a woman to be my vice president.” The buzz is that within the next two weeks, Vice President Biden …

Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Hitting a paywall? Some sources allow a few free articles without a subscription, and your university or local library may offer free access. For example, AU students, faculty, and staff have access to popular newspapers through the …

Since Bill Clinton’s election in 1996, a majority of women voters have backed Democratic presidential candidates. In contrast, men have generally favored Republican nominees. How might that gender gap play out this election cycle among the nation’s youngest voters? In my new book, The Politics of Gen Z, I show that Gen Z women, those …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Hitting a paywall? Some sources allow a few free articles without a subscription, and your university or local library may offer free access. For example, AU students, faculty, and staff have access to popular newspapers …

Back in January, when we released AARP’s first 2024 She’s the Difference national survey focusing on women voters age 50 and over, we said that older women would be the wild card in this election. They are a big group.  They show up at the polls.  And, because they are fairly equally divided by party, …