Women, Power and Politics

Jan 23, 2011

It has been 90 years since women won the right to vote and yet women make up only 17 percent of Congress. Women are the majority of voters, but how are they using their voting power? What has happened to a progressive women's agenda? Katha Pollitt, Nita Lowey, Rebecca Traister and Gloria Feldt discuss what it will take for women to reach political parity.

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