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The Female Candidate for Office: Challenges and Hurdles

William G. McGowan Theater
Washington, DC

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A record number of women serve as U.S. Representatives and Senators but are still only 28 percent of the entire Congress. What factors account for the large gap between men and women serving in Congress? Do women face challenges throughout the media that cross party lines, and do voters show a tendency to hold women to a higher standard in the media than men?听Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri moderates a panel discussion with Ann Lewis, a former White House Director of Communications, and former members of Congress听Donna Edwards听(D-MD),听Barbara Comstock听(R-VA),听Connie Morella听(R-MD),听and others.

Presented in partnership with the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, the 2020 Women鈥檚 Vote Centennial Initiative, and the National Women鈥檚 History Alliance.

Rightfully Hers programs are made possible in part by the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Foundation through the generous support of Unilever, Pivotal Ventures, Carl M. Freeman Foundation in honor of Virginia Allen Freeman, AARP, AT&T, Ford Motor Company Fund, Facebook, Barbara Lee Family Foundation Fund at the Boston Foundation, Google, HISTORY^庐, and Jacqueline B. Mars. Additional support provided by the Bernstein Family Foundation and the Hearst Foundations. Additional support provided by the Bernstein Family Foundation and the Hearst Foundations.

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