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Mariel Padilla
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Kim Ng becomes the MLB's first female general manager
In her new role with the Miami Marlins, Ng is now the highest-ranking woman and Asian American in American baseball.
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‘I think my husband would be very pleased’: Cindy McCain on a Biden-Harris victory
The prominent Republican previously endorsed the Democratic ticket and is a part of President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team to the White House.
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Jill Biden will be the first first lady to work full time
“I’m a teacher. That’s who I am,” Biden said.
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A record number of Native American women are headed to Congress
At least 18 native women ran for congressional seats this year and three were elected.
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New Mexico elects its first all women of color House delegation
The historic New Mexico House delegation formed out of three races with women running in both major parties.
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More women than men are voting early in key battleground states
More than half of early voters in states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina are women.
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‘My party has left me’: Cindy McCain on why she endorsed a Democrat for the first time
In a conversation with The 19th, McCain discusses her Joe Biden endorsement, women voters and her hopes for the future of the Republican Party.
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Pandemic restrictions may impact the nursing home vote
Women account for more than two-thirds of the nursing home population, which faces challenges to voting due to various changes prompted by the pandemic.
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Amy Coney Barrett becomes the youngest woman to be a Supreme Court Justice
Here’s what that means for everything from abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights.
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The 19th Explains: The spread of conspiracies and disinformation by women on social media
“The QAnon stuff infiltrated Instagram and seeped into the suburban consciousness of American women to a certain extent, and they bought into it,” according to experts.