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

It's Women's History Month, an apt time to talk to formidable women in Congress and the civil rights movement.

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 ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent Monday evening detailing how Black women have been vital in the fight to ...

Representative Ayanna Pressley speaks as student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People’s Rally To Cancel Student ...

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

Vice President Kamala Harris was apparently very selective when it came to the female trailblazers she honored in a video ...

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

Democrat Jennifer McClellan , holding the receipt for a poll tax her father once had to pay tucked into the pages of a family Bible, was sworn into the U.S.

San Jose's population is comprised of about 49 percent women, according to U.S. Census data. In celebration of Women's History Month, San Jose Spotlight is highlighting 15 influential women leaders in ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds Wall Street and big banks accountable. The U.S. Supreme Court must protect it, ...