Women in Politics

Women candidates across the country made history Tuesday when the highest number of females were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, but women…

As Mary Elizabeth Coleman drives her kids to school, her SUV is a cacophony of chatter. At a stoplight she pulls up behind a car with a "Jesus loves…

“Last year I marched, but this year I run,” Kara Wurtz told her friends and family this past January 21, the day she launched her campaign as a city…

If Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2016, will she win? According to political science professor Farida Jalalzai, the odds are not in Clinton’s…

At the time of the American Revolution, married women in America were not even allowed to own property, let alone vote. Because women did not sign the…

Atima Omara, president of the Young Democrats of America, is in Missouri this weekend as part of her group’s efforts to avoid a replay of 2010 next…

Former Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway says she's considering running for Governor in 2016.According to the Associated Press, Hanaway says a lot…

The United States Senate has 20 women in office, a mark never before reached prior to the last election. The top political seats in New Hampshire are all…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 25, 2012 - Mary Troy answers her phone on a cold, Tuesday morning and, after introductions, is…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 12, 2012 - WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders "should be ashamed of themselves" for blocking…