TIME.COM
A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office
Meet the candidates
“Like all political transformations, this one sprang from dozens of small private choices. For years, the hardest thing about getting women elected has been getting women to decide to run. But sometime over the past year, while lying awake at night or comforting a crying friend or in hushed conversations with their spouse, each of these women came to the same conclusion. They could no longer pin their hopes on icons like Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren to represent half the American population. Instead, they would step up and do it themselves.” http://ow.ly/Lwes30hSHDD
