EMILYs List Celebrates the Start of Women’s History Month

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Women’s History Month, EMILYs List is proud to celebrate the groundbreaking women who have helped write the story of the United States. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement:

“For 40 years, EMILYs List has worked to elevate women’s voices at all levels of government, because we know that women are the best advocates for the American people. Throughout history, women have been at the center of driving progress. Today, they are out front and center in all of critical fights to protect the rights we’ve worked so hard to gain. 

“As we celebrate the work of groundbreaking women, this Women’s History Month feels different. Trump and Republicans are actively working to decimate women’s fundamental freedoms — access to health care, our reproductive rights, and our voting rights. But in this moment, women’s leadership is needed more than ever, because they are central to taking back power and putting a stop to these attacks. EMILYs List is committed to replacing Republican extremists up and down the ballot with Democratic pro-choice women because we know that decades of American progress, policies impacting the lives of millions of women and girls, and the future of our country depend on it.” 

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EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, works to elect Democratic pro-choice women up and down the ballot and across the country with a goal of fighting for our rights and our communities. Over nearly 40 years, EMILYs List has raised nearly $950 million to help Democratic women win competitive elections by recruiting and training candidates, supporting and helping build strong campaigns, researching the issues that impact women and families, running one of the most impactful independent expenditure operations for Democrats, and turning out women voters to the polls. Since our founding in 1985, we have helped elect the country’s first woman as vice president, 192 women to the House, 29 to the Senate, 20 governors, and over 1,600 women to state and local office. More than 40% of the candidates EMILYs List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color. Visit www.emilyslist.org for more information.