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“Over the last few years we’ve seen a remarkable surge of women running for office, and even better, winning. Running takes courage, passion, and commitment, but it also takes books like this. June and Kate have created a wonderful resource for women as they think about taking the leap.”—Hillary Rodham Clinton

Turn “can I do this?” into “yes, I can!”

Join the growing wave of women leaders with Represent, an energetic, interactive, and inspiring step-by-step guide showing how to run for the approximately 500,000 elected offices in the US. Written with humor and honesty by writer, comedian, actress, and activist June Diane Raphael and Kate Black, former chief of staff at EMILY’s list, Represent is structured around a 21-point document called “I’m Running for Office: The Checklist.” Doubling as a workbook, Represent covers it all, from the nuts and bolts of where to run, fundraising, and filing deadlines, to issues like balancing family and campaigning, managing social media and how running for office can work in your real life. With infographics, profiles of women politicians, and wisdom and advice from women in office, this is a must-own for any woman thinking of joining the pink wave.

From the Publisher

Right now, women make up 50.8 percent of the US population. So … we should probably make up half of Congress? Or at least a third of it? Right? Nah.

That’s right. As of 2019, 23.7 percent of Congress is made up of women. Of 535 people in Congress, only 127 are women and only 47 are women of color. That’s 8.7 percent of the entire Congress.

There are only four women of color in the United States Senate. Three of those four women were just elected in 2016!

Here are the top ten countries when it comes to women in federal government. Out of nearly two hundred countries, we rank 79th.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Workman Publishing Company; 1st edition (September 3, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1523502975
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1523502974
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.05 x 0.8 x 10.05 inches