Debbie Walsh Talks to Amy Davidson About the Challenges Facing Women in Politics

The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Jan 17, 2017

Other countries, including the United Kingdom, Pakistan, and Liberia, have elected female leaders. The New Yorker’s Amy Davidson asks, What’s America’s problem? Debbie Walsh, the director of the Center for American Women and Politics, at Rutgers University, talks with Davidson about some of the structural barriers—and some of the bad advice—that discourage women from running for office.

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