RewritingRulesinGenderPolitics

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

For the past 24 years, my course, “American Women in Politics,” has chronicled the story of firsts: the first women in Congress, the first women on the ticket, and the first women to break through in statehouses and city halls across the nation. This 25th and final year, the course takes on a new name, “Rewriting the Rules,” as the story itself has evolved. The women shaping American politics today aren’t merely entering spaces that were previously inaccessible to them. Instead, they are actively redesigning the blueprint: launching digital-first campaigns that bypass traditional strategies, forming coalitions across generations and platforms, and redefining the concept of political power from the school board to the Situation Room.