Uri Friedman, The Atlantic – November 12, 2016
A survey of female leaders around the world indicates how steep Hillary Clinton’s climb was.
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Shattered
Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine – November 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton aimed at the highest glass ceiling. What broke instead was the coalition she thought would pierce it — and faith that it will happen.
Why It’s So Hard for a Woman to Become President of the United States
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic – November 12, 2016
There is no one reason—no finite number of reasons—why Hillary Clinton lost the U.S. presidential election. No amount of poring over polls will tell us the precise degree to which bias against women influenced the vote. What we do know is this: The United States still doesn’t have a female leader, as it hasn’t for the last 227 years.
Thousands of Women Are Planning to March on D.C. When Trump Takes Office
Claire Landsbaum, New York Magazine – November 11, 2016
On Tuesday night, women who had supported Hillary Clinton watched in horror as Donald Trump earned enough electoral votes to be named president-elect of the United States. “Trump’s win felt like a personal attack,” Colette Sartor told the Cut. “I honestly thought … all the sexual harassment he’s so casually committed would matter.”
The Glass Ceiling Holds
Gail Collins, New York Times – November 11, 2016
It took Hillary Clinton a while to talk about the first-woman-president idea. She didn’t stress it early in her 2008 campaign. But people kept coming up to her with pictures of their grandmothers who got to vote for the first time in 1920. Others begged her to get the job done so they could see a woman in the White House before they died.
Let’s Not Overlook the Feminist Triumph of Clinton’s Run
Clinton ultimately failed to crack the highest glass ceiling. Rather than publishing stories about a milestone for women, a triumph for feminism, and the historic legacy for women in politics, the press this week had to switch to the shock of the Trump victory, the potential threat of his presidency, and Clinton’s failings.
What Clinton’s Loss Says About Women in Politics
Maeve Reston, CNN – November 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton came so close to winning the White House that she had planned to deliver her victory speech beneath a symbolic glass ceiling.
Over 70 Nations Have Been Led by Women. So Why Not the U.S.?
Why So Many Women Abandoned Hillary Clinton
Jay Newton-Small, Time Magazine – November 10, 2016
In the final week of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, a group of mostly women formed a secret Facebook group called Pantsuit Nation. Surely, this group was evidence of a surge of women’s support for the potential first female president. But it wasn’t.
Girls Can Be Anything, Just Not President
Mrs. Clinton did what good girls — women — have to: She played by the rules. She put her head down and worked hard, devoted her life to service, waited her turn, and never got angry (or at least never showed it). She made mistakes along the way, certainly — but she had the résumé, the qualifications, the stamina, and she didn’t lash out when those things were questioned.