California Groundbreakers

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, so we’re running a Q&A series this year called “The Women in Charge,” focusing on California women who are doing groundbreaking things in policy and politics, both here in the Golden State and around the nation. Because it’s also an Election Year, we’re going to talk with the women in charge of getting other women inspired to run for political office, funding them so they can go the distance, and training them so they’ll succeed. California is home to innovative organizations that are getting more women elected and appointed to top spots on local, state and national levels. * California Women Lead is the state's first, and still only, nonpartisan organization that encourages and mentors women to run for office or apply for an appointment at the state or local level. * Emerge California is a top training program for Democratic women who want to run for office (graduates include Eleni Kounalakis, California’s fi