Them too:
Some of us at WomenCount have shared our stories online with the #MeToo hashtag, and maybe you have as well. And sometimes when we tell our stories on a large platform like social media, it reaches someone else, and they...
Virginia’s Hillary Effect:
Our path to gaining in the Senate and winning back the House in 2018 runs through Congressional districts Hillary won in 2016. But did you know our path to victory in the Virginia state legislature in 2017 runs through the...
Year of the Woman, redux
With Sen. Dianne Feinstein's declaration yesterday that she will seek another term, it's official: All 10 Senate incumbents on our 2018 Blue Wall are running for re-election. And with the two most vulnerable GOP Senate seats being targeted by Rep....
On guns, elections matter
Republicans have blood on their hands. Late Sunday night we faced the worst mass shooting in our nation's history. It was one of 1,518 since Sandy Hook ----- and one of countless more that will happen unless we enact common sense...
What Happened, and what happens next:
Have you read it? We have been consumed with Hillary's new memoir, What Happened, since it hit the shelves last week. As we retrace our steps through her campaign to its heartbreaking end, we've needed to keep in mind the one...
Announcement:
Today is a big day for WomenCount. Two years ago we launched our crowdfunding platform to support Democratic women running for federal office ----- House, Senate and the presidency. And we are still working our hearts out to protect every single...
Sign our pledge to support women candidates:
I know we say this a lot, but it's really, really important: Women ----- as volunteers, donors, and candidates ----- are the key to stopping Donald Trump's regressive, racist and sexist agenda. That's why today, we want to share with you an...
What pissed you off most this week?
We started the week planning to highlight climate change in this e-mail, given the devastation from Hurricane Harvey along with record heat in the Pacific Northwest, raging fires in the Rockies, and another powerful hurricane on the way ----- all while...
Working Women
It's been a long summer. From the threat to our health care, to saber-rattling with North Korea, attacks on LGBT Americans, and so much more, every week Donald Trump and his minions in Congress have brought our country some fresh...
A Note From Our Executive Director:
We remain shocked and horrified by the news from Charlottesville over the weekend and we salute the political leaders who stepped up immediately and named it for what it was ----- a brutal attack by white supremacists rooted in bigotry,...