Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
Oct 1, 2026 · 5 min · 7 segments
Get to know Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s right and social and economic justice in this Rebel Girls Interview. Cecile brought us the story of Samantha Power who served as the U.S…
Cecile RichardsGuestTatiana RomeroHost
I've been an organizer for women's rights and social justice my entire life.
Do you remember what got you started? What made you want to fight for women's rights?
I first got interested in women's rights when I was in seventh grade growing up in Texas.
I was really tall and there really weren't many other sports for girls, but they wouldn't even let us run all the way down the court in those days.
And it was a beginning understanding for me that for girls, if you wanted to have equal access to sports or other things, you kind of had to fight for it.
Later on, my mom, who'd been a housewife her whole life, decided to run for office.
And of course, I saw her run for governor of Texas, and she won despite the fact that all the odds were stacked against her.
And it was another lesson to me of how important it was for women to support each other and to help make government and everything else about our life more equal.
I've been an organizer for women's rights and social justice my entire life.
Do you remember what got you started? What made you want to fight for women's rights?
I first got interested in women's rights when I was in seventh grade growing up in Texas.
I was really tall and there really weren't many other sports for girls, but they wouldn't even let us run all the way down the court in those days.
And it was a beginning understanding for me that for girls, if you wanted to have equal access to sports or other things, you kind of had to fight for it.
Later on, my mom, who'd been a housewife her whole life, decided to run for office.
And of course, I saw her run for governor of Texas, and she won despite the fact that all the odds were stacked against her.
And it was another lesson to me of how important it was for women to support each other and to help make government and everything else about our life more equal.
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