House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shattered the so-called "marble ceiling" in Congress during her two decade career as a leader in those halls. Hers has been a career of firsts — the first woman to be ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jean-Pierre, who sat down for an exclusive interview with theGrio, is the first openly queer Black woman of Haitian descent to serve as White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary. Karine ...

2006-11-07 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- If women face a "glass ceiling" preventing success in business or politics, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco has had to deal with what she and other women call a ...

Give or take a few recounts, this was a very big November for women. There will be nine new women in Congress, for a total of 82, elected from a record 138 candidates. Included are two new female ...

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