Women Consider Running For Office
February 23, 2017 5:21 AM ET
KATIE ORR
MEGAN KAMERICK
... Kate Noble had never considered getting involved in politics until she woke up the day after Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton ...
... she believes a good workforce depends on well-educated citizens, so she decided to run for a local school board seat ...
... she contacted the New Mexico branch of Emerge, a group that trains Democratic women to run for office. She ended up running unopposed and won ...
... groups like California Women Lead, Emerge America and Ready to Run .. help guide women from signing up for a training program to actually running for office. Steele, of Emerge America, believes this latest burst of enthusiasm is different from past years and she's confident that more women will actually run in 2018 ...
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/515438978/trumps-election-drives-more-women-to-consider-running-for-office
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More women in politics is a good thing, a very good thing.
