March is Women’s History Month. Here’s a look at political milestones for U.S. women. 1851–1920. Women’s suffrage started out as an anti-slavery movement, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton (right) and Susan B. Anthony leading the way. Women got the vote in 1920. Getting elected to Congress 1916. Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress. Representing ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 March, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, Success Stories | Tags: female leaders, scivic equality, TAGSAfrican American, U.S. elections, women's empowerment
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Leigh Hartman For Antony Blinken, America’s new top diplomat, returning to the U.S. Department of State brings the opportunity to continue both professional and family traditions. Blinken, whom the U.S. Senate confirmed as secretary of state January 26, will lead the State Department, where he served during the Clinton and Obama administrations. His career in public ...
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By simonishvilia | 27 January, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: civil society, U.S. elections, U.S. history
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Lauren Monsen Kamala Devi Harris, a senator who has represented California in the U.S. Congress since 2017, will break barriers when she is inaugurated as vice president of the United States on January 20. She will be the first woman — and the first person of African, Jamaican and South Asian ancestry — to occupy that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 January, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: African Americans, Asian Americans, female leaders, U.S. elections, women's empowerment
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Leigh Hartman For Antony Blinken, the incoming administration’s pick for America’s top diplomat, returning to the U.S. State Department brings the opportunity to continue both professional and family traditions. If confirmed by the Senate, Blinken would resume a career at the State Department, where he served during the Clinton and Obama administrations. His career in public ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 January, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: civil society, U.S. elections, U.S. history
While many democracies swap in new leaders in a sprint, the U.S. ambles along with a transition period of 11 weeks. But slow as that might seem, it’s shorter than the four months the Constitution originally left for the handoff of power from an incumbent to a new president. Picking up the pace The original ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 January, 2021 | Topics: History, News, News from Washington | Tags: good governance, presidency, U.S. elections, U.S. history, White House
American debates have changed much since the days when an Illinois lawyer held the nation spellbound with his moral arguments against slavery. That was 1858, and the arguments of Abraham Lincoln, who was debating Stephen Douglas, didn’t lead to Lincoln’s winning the Senate seat he sought. Nevertheless, transcripts were distributed throughout the country and became ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 September, 2020 | Topics: Education, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: elections, presidency, press freedom, technology, U.S. elections, U.S. history
Understanding America’s Electoral College [infographic] (June 25) When U.S. citizens cast their presidential election ballots, they’ll be voting for someone like Hagner Mister or Rex Teter. You probably have not heard of Mister or Teter. In fact, most voters who chose them in 2016 did not know who they were. During the last presidential ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 June, 2020 | Topics: News, Policy | Tags: elections, good governance, presidency, U.S. elections
