When the 114 th Congress convenes today, 104 women (76D, 28R) will serve among the 535 members, representing 19.4% of the new Congress. Four more women will serve as non-voting delegates to the House from American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C. Twenty...Read more

Crystal DesVignes is a graduate student in political science at Rutgers University – Newark. She is currently pur suing a master’s degree and recently worked as a graduate intern at the Center for American Women and Politics. The views presented in this entry are her own. On...Read more

The following is a guest blog re-posted from Women's eNews as the second in a series of three pieces written by Susan Rose . Susan Rose served for eight years on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and is the former executive director of the Los Angeles City Commission...Read more

This week, the Center for American Women and Politics and Higher Heights released The Status of Black Women in American Politics , a report that takes a snapshot of Black women’s current political representation and participation and reflects back on the historical advancement...Read more