There has been advancement with women in politics. Women have been speaking on politics before they even had the  right to vote. The right to vote was granted to women with the 19th amendment due to the Suffrage movement led by suffragists like Susan B Anthony. The feminist movement had a buzz again in the late 60s/early 70s. The movement was defined by cases like Roe v. Wade, women in the workplace and leaders like Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis. Young women in college defined the movement through protests, literature and even music. Recently, the feminist movement has made an impact with #MeToo, The Slut Walk, and literature by feminist thinkers like Oprah and Roxanne Gay. Hilary Clinton made history by becoming the first woman to be elected as a primary party candidate for the democratic party. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren announced they were running for presidents but had to drop out due to lack of support in the presidential race. There are a lot of women of color representing both the senate, supreme court and the congress including but not excluding Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Maxine Waters, Ayanna Pressley and Sonia Sotomayor.

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• What is the job of the president and what are they responsible for?

  • The president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the head of the state. The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws by Congress and appoints the heads of the federal agencies, such as the Cabinet. It’s essentially the most important job position in the United States. ("The Executive Branch | The White House")

• What are the qualifications of running for president?

  • Natural born citizen of United States

  • A resident for 14 years

  • 35 years of age or older ("Requirements For The President Of The United States - Elections - Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library Of Congress")

• How long is the presidential term?

  • A presidential term is four years.

  • A president can serve a maximum of 2 terms, totaling 8 years of presidency. ("The 22nd Amendment Of The U.S. Constitution")

• ​The Suffrage Movement

  • The Suffrage Movement was a movement popularized in the late 1800s and early 1900s to give women the right to vote and run for public office. Leaders of this movement included : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Staton.  Protests, women led organizations and conventions like Seneca Falls showed women were going to fight for their rights and dispel the traditional weak role that was placed on women at the time. Women in the United States finally got the right to vote by the 19th amendment, granted on August 26, 1920.  ("The 19th Amendment")

• ​The Electoral College
  • The Electoral College is a process created by the Founding Fathers in the U.S. Constitution. The original purpose for the process was"the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."
  • The Electoral College has 538 qualified voters. ("What Is The Electoral College?")
  • A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your State has the same number of electors as it does Members in its Congressional delegation: one for each Member in the House of Representatives plus two Senators. ("What Is The Electoral College?")
  • Th Electoral College is often misunderstood and criticized due to their power over voters and the secrecy of it. 
  • The reason, Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be elected as a primary party presidential candidate didn't win the presidential election against Trump in 2016 was due to her lack of electoral college votes even though, she won the popular vote with 65.8 million voters. She only had 227 votes from the electoral college, but Trump had 304 electoral votes.("Presidential Election Results: Donald J. Trump Wins")