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Emily’s List

Emily’s List. By: Adeja Cicero. What Emily’s list is. A political action committee that aims to help elect pro choice democratic female candidates to office. when and who founded it. Founded in 1985 Founded by Ellen R. Malcolm. A little about Ellen Malcolm. Born February 2,1947

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Emily’s List

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  1. Emily’s List By: Adeja Cicero

  2. What Emily’s list is • A political action committee that aims to help elect pro choice democratic female candidates to office.

  3. when and who founded it • Founded in 1985 • Founded by Ellen R. Malcolm

  4. A little about Ellen Malcolm • Born February 2,1947 • An activist with a long career in American politics mostly in political fundraising • Served as president of Emily’s list until 2010 • Attended Montclair Kimberley academy and graduated in 1965 • Graduated in 1969 from Hollins College • Press secretary for national women’s political caucus in the 1970’s • Appointed to the national park foundation board of directors in 2010

  5. Ellen Malcolm’s nominations • Vanity Fair’s America’s most influential women in 1998 • Ladies’ home journal’s 100 most important women in America in 1999 • Glamour’s women of the year in 1992

  6. What Emily’s list stands for • E stands for Early • M stands for Money • I stands for Is • L stands for Like • Y stands for Yeast (it raises dough)

  7. Number of Members in Emily’s list • More than 2 million members

  8. What Emily’s list do • They help candidates build campaigns by providing technical support, raising money, and making financial contributes.

  9. Successful Emily’s list governors • Janet Napolitano of Arizona • Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware • Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas • Jennifer Granholm of Michigan • Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheem, and Carol Shae Porter of New Hampshire • Bev Perdue of North Carolina • Barabara Roberts of Oregon • Ann Richards of Texas • Christine Gregoire of Washington

  10. Janet Napolitano • Born November 29,1957 • American Politician and lawyer • Current president of the University of California system • Served as the governor of Arizona from 2003-2009 • First woman to serve as United states secretary of homeland security from 2009-2013

  11. Ruth Ann Minner • Born January 17,1935 • American Politician and business woman • Served in the Delaware General Assembly • Governor of Delaware from 2001-2009 • Began her political career as a clerk in the Delaware house of representatives • Elected to the senate house as a member of the water gate class in 1974

  12. Kathleen Sebelius • Born May 15,1948 • American Politician who served as the 21st United states secretary of health and human services since 2009 • Governor of Kansas from 2003-2009 • Born and raised in Ohio • Moved to Kansas in 1974

  13. Jennifer Granholm • Born February 5,1959 • Canadian born American Politician, educator, author, and political commentator • Served as Attorney General of Michigan • Governor of Michigan from January 1,2003- January 1, 2007 because she was reelected and her last final term was January 1,2007.

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