Vice President
Kamala Harris (D)
Kamala Harris became the first woman to hold the office of Vice President on January 20, 2021. She is also the first woman of color, the first Black person, and the first South Asian person elected to this office. Previously, Vice President Harris served in the U.S. Senate as well as California’s Attorney General.
Facts
Women Appointed to Presidential Cabinets
Fact sheet that provides information on current and past women presidential cabinet and cabinet-level officials, including historical milestones, counts by presidential administration, total counts by position, and biographical information.
High-Level Presidential Appointments in the Biden-Harris Administration
List of women currently in cabinet or cabinet-level positions and women currently serving in high-level staff positions in the Executive Office of the President.
Women Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates
Fact sheet on all women who have run for U.S. president and vice president.
Research
Black Women in American Politics 2023
by Kelly Dittmar, Ph.D.
ReportResearchGender and Race/EthnicityFederal ExecutiveCongressStatewide ExecutiveState LegislatureLocalLatinas in U.S. Politics 2022
by Kelly Dittmar, Ph.D.
ReportResearchCandidates and CampaignsGender and Race/EthnicityElective OfficeFederal ExecutiveCongressStatewide ExecutiveState LegislatureLocalGender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, 5th Edition
BookResearchCAWP ScholarCandidates and CampaignsPolitical PartiesFederal ExecutiveCongressStatewide ExecutiveState LegislatureReaching Higher: Black Women in American Politics 2021
by Kelly Dittmar, Ph.D.
ReportResearchGender and Race/EthnicityFederal ExecutiveCongressStatewide ExecutiveState LegislatureLocalGender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, 4th Edition
Eds. Susan J. Carroll, CAWP, Rutgers University and Richard L. Fox, Loyola Marymount University
Cambridge University Press, 2018 Fourth Edition, 319 pagesBookResearchCAWP ScholarCandidates and CampaignsPolitical PartiesWomen Voters and the Gender GapGender and Race/EthnicityFederal ExecutiveCongressStatewide ExecutiveState LegislatureFinding Gender in Election 2016
by Kelly Dittmar, Ph.D.
Published by the Barbara Lee Family Foundation (BLFF) and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)ReportResearchCandidates and CampaignsFederal ExecutiveFinding Gender in Election 2016: Highlights
by Kelly Dittmar, Ph.D.
Published by the Barbara Lee Family Foundation (BLFF) and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)ReportResearchCandidates and CampaignsFederal ExecutiveCracking the ‘Highest, Hardest Glass Ceiling’: Women as Presidential and Vice Presidential Contenders
by Kelly Dittmar and Susan J. Carroll
Book chapter in Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics (3rd Ed.), eds. Susan J. Carroll and Richard L. Fox. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2013Book ChapterResearchCAWP ScholarCandidates and CampaignsFederal ExecutiveGender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, 2nd Edition
Eds. Susan J. Carroll, CAWP, Rutgers University and Richard L. Fox, Union College, New York
Cambridge University Press, 2009 Second Edition, 314 pagesBookResearchCAWP ScholarPolitical PartiesCandidates and CampaignsGender and Race/EthnicityWomen Voters and the Gender GapState LegislatureStatewide ExecutiveCongressFederal ExecutiveThe 2008 Candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin: Cracking the ‘Highest, Hardest Glass Ceiling’
by Susan J. Carroll and Kelly Dittmar
Book chapter in Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics (2nd Edition), Eds. Susan J. Carroll, CAWP, Rutgers University and Richard L. Fox, Union College, New York
Cambridge University Press, 2009Book ChapterResearchCAWP ScholarCandidates and CampaignsFederal Executive