The Women of the 118th Congress are being recognized as a group as part of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year program, a ...

With the arrival on Capitol Hill soon of Rep.-elect Jennifer McClellan, a record number of women will be serving in Congress.

Despite holding 29 percent of the seats in today's Congress, women have only 17 percent of committee leadership positions ...

Women now lead both chambers of the Pennsylvania legislature, but the state still lags behind more than two dozen others in ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rebecca Roberts about her biography of First Lady Edith Wilson, Untold Power. After President ...

Despite recent gains less than one-third of the members of the Pennsylvania legislature are women — 80 of the 253 lawmakers ...

After mixed midterm election results, Black women are demanding the Democratic Party step up political and financial support ...

Asked by one congressman how she could be a mother of two small children and a member of Congress at the same time, she ...

Women represent more than half of local government positions in Wake County and wield influence as some of the most powerful ...

Schroeder was elected by Colorado voters in 1972 and then reelected 11 times, becoming one of the most influential Democrats ...

Schroeder's former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died at a hospital in Florida, ...