Women’s leadership and power take center stage in the 2024 Presidential Election

The usual phrase heard between now and Election Day will be, “this is the most important election of our lives.” With sixty-three days remaining, the 2024 Presidential Election could become a referendum on the power of women. Yes, at the ballot box and in elected office.& RepresentWomen is an organization that believes in a democracy with gender-balanced representation in appointed and elected government offices. It held an event at the Hubbard Inn during the 2024 Democratic National Convention. It was designed for attendees to meet currently elected women in different levels of government. Also, women who are running for elected positions were also in attendance. The meeting highlighted the importance of women in leadership. Plus, the event emphasized the need for women in state houses.& RepresentWomen says they have an outsized focus on state legislatures because statehouses are the epicenters of American democracy right now. For example, when Roe was overturned on June 2022 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the ruling ushered in a patchwork of abortion rules. As a result, every southern state, except Virginia, has a form of an abortion ban in effect. In states like Mississippi and Texas, their attorneys general have proposed a surveillance program to...