Black Women’s History Month

The 32-year-old New Yorker has pushed her boundary-breaking proposals from the fringes onto the Democratic agenda. And her influence extends beyond policy.

We partnered with HEB this Women’s History Month to highlight ’31 Days, 31 Women’ and today we are celebrating Patricia Roberts Harris. Named Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1977, Harris became the first black woman to hold a Cabinet position. At Senate hearings for her appointment, Senators questioned how someone of her elevated […]

We partnered with HEB this Women’s History Month to highlight ’31 Days, 31 Women’ and today we are celebrating Fannie Lou Hammer, who fought for Civil Rights as a leader of the movement and member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and also co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964. Hammer became involved with […]

We partnered with HEB this Women's History Month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating Patricia Schroeder, Governor of Texas from 1991-1995. Richards left her mark, appointing more women and minorities to official positions—including the first women and African-Americans in the Texas Rangers—than any of her predecessors had. 

We partnered with HEB this Women's History Month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating Madeleine Albright, who, in 1997, became the first woman to be Secretary of State, and the highest-ranking woman ever in the U.S. Government.

We partnered with HEB this Women's History Month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating US Rep Val Demings, whom President Biden considered as a running mate in 2020.

We partnered with HEB this Women's History Month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating Senator Mia Mcleod.

In 2018, DeJear won the Democratic primary for secretary of state, but though she fell short in the general election, her candidacy energized Democrats across the state, established her as a rising star, and prepared her for the challenges of a gubernatorial campaign.

We partnered with HEB this Women's History Month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating Danielle Susan Allen, the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University.

We partnered with HEB this Women's History Month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating Neisha Blandin, the youngest member of and the only person of color on the Democratic Data Exchange's board of directors. 

We partnered with HEB this Women's History Month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating Cheri Beasley, who is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent North Carolina.

We partnered with HEB this Women's History month to highlight '31 Days, 31 Women' and today we are celebrating Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist who is set to launch another campaign to become the nation’s first Black woman governor.