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Women, wages, wealth, health: Power at the polls must translate to policy change

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Women, wages, wealth, health: Power at the polls must translate to policy change

February 25, 2019 / April 25, 2023 by Jennifer Owens

As published in SaportaReport on Sunday, February 24, 2019 During the 2018 elections, a record number of women engaged in the political process, many for the first time. They ran for office, turned out to vote and flexed their civic engagement muscles. Nearly two-thirds of all competitive state legislative races had at least one woman […]

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