National Women's Political Caucus
The National Women's Political Caucus is a multi-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process. NWPC recruits, trains and supports pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government. In addition to financial donations, the Caucus offers campaign training for candidates and campaign managers, as well as technical assistance and advice. State and local chapters provide support to candidates running at state and local levels by helping raise money and providing crucial hands-on volunteer assistance.www.nwpc.org
97
MENTIONS
91
EPISODES
79
PODCASTS
Search complete. 97 mentions across 91 episodes found for "National Women's Political Caucus".
Sep 10, 2026
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But when Rick Warren did his evangelical church gathering, that, in effect, was religion sponsoring a debate, and they all, and they both came, dutifully came.
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, where was the women's movement? Why didn't the National Women's Political Caucus sponsor a debate? So, but this is a chance where you make them have to reply to the issues that are most important, which are huge.
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There are no issues that don't affect women.
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There are no, in that sense, women's issues.
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But when Rick Warren did his evangelical church gathering, that, in effect, was religion sponsoring a debate, and they both came dutifully.
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, where was the women's movement? Why didn't the National Women's Political Caucus sponsor a debate? So that this is a chance where you make them...
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
have to reply to the issues that are most important, which are huge.
Robin MorganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There are no issues that don't affect women.
Brittany Packnett CunninghamHOST
She became a feminist icon partly through co-founding Ms.
Brittany Packnett CunninghamHOST
Magazine in 1971 and helping build organizations like the National Women's Political Caucus and the Women's Media Center to champion gender equality, reproductive rights, and women's representation in media and politics.
Brittany Packnett CunninghamHOST
Her death also brought attention to some controversies in her career, namely that in the late 1950s and early 60s, she led the Independent Research Service, an organization later revealed to be funded by the CIA.
Brittany Packnett CunninghamHOST
Through it, she organized American delegations to counter Soviet-backed world youth festivals in Vienna and Helsinki, which sparked a lot of backlash in the women's movement when that became public in 1967.
Rachel DratchHOST
She's an icon of the feminist movement.
Rachel DratchHOST
She is a founder of the National Women's Political Caucus.
Rachel DratchHOST
She's a journalist who contributed to the beginning of New York Magazine.
Rachel DratchHOST
Then she broke off to create her own magazine, of course, Ms.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Two great conversations in this hour, as promised.
Tavis SmileyHOST
On the back side, we'll talk to Deidre Malone, president of the National Women's Political Caucus on the enduring legacy of the organization's co-founder, Gloria Steinem, who we lost, of course, last week.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Last week was a tough week.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Some major losses, including, of course, Gloria Steinem.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Secretary Buttigieg on the top side of our two.
Tavis SmileyHOST
On the B side of our two, Deidre Malone, president of the National Women's Political Caucus, on the enduring legacy of the organization's co-founder, Gloria Steinem.
Tavis SmileyHOST
In our third hour, Robert P. Jones, president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute and New York Times bestselling author, talks about his latest text, Backslide, Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation After the Christian Turned, against democracy.
Tavis SmileyHOST
We'll talk about how we reckon with the moral collapse of white Christianity and the call to protect American democracy.
Kyle KellamsHOST
She's the co-founder of Ms.
Kyle KellamsHOST
Magazine, a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus in 2005, a co-founder of the Women's Media Center.
Kyle KellamsHOST
There are thousands of articles, columns, books, lectures, and appearances over the years as well.
Kyle KellamsHOST
She says conversations like tonight's, on a college campus, can feature predominantly younger people, but she says she's seen a rise in gatherings of a diverse crowd.
Holly WainwrightHOST
She founded the first mainstream feminist magazine, Ms., in 1971.
Holly WainwrightHOST
She co-founded National Women's Caucus in the US to recru- recruit more women to run for office.
Holly WainwrightHOST
She was an early advocate for abortion rights.
Holly WainwrightHOST
And she's one of the most famous voices pushing for all kinds of equality for women at a time when women's everyday lives were very much not in line with men's in terms of things like could they get credit cards and open bank accounts and take out leases on apartments.
Deidre MaloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When you think about civil rights and you talk about the rights of minorities in this country, it's the same issue for women.
Debbie ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Deidre Malone is president of the National Women's Political Caucus.
Debbie ElliottCORRESPONDENT
It's the organization that Steinem founded 55 years ago alongside luminaries, including civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, feminist activist Bella Abzug, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress.
Deidre MaloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I believe pulling together this very diverse group of women to start the National Women's Political Caucus was building on that civil rights platform to advance the causes of women when it comes to women having equal rights in this country.
Deidre MaloneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I mean, those two movements went hand in hand.
Debbie ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Steinem partnered with women of color, including the black feminist Florence Kennedy, labor leader Dolores Huerta, Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller, and anti-poverty organizer Dorothy Pittman Hughes, with whom she created Ms.
MadiganHOST
Magazine.
MadiganHOST
In 1971, she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus, as well as the Women's Action Alliance.
MadiganHOST
She was a speaker, a writer, and traveled internationally speaking on issues of equality and feminism throughout most of her life.
MadiganHOST
Since her death, many have been very vocal about Gloria's ties to the CIA and some other problematic things that she had done throughout her life, which, of course, I think is important.
81 more episodes mention National Women's Political Caucus.
Create an account to see the whole feed, search across every transcript, and follow the entities you care about.