Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards | |
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| President of Planned Parenthood | |
| Assumed office 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 15, 1957 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Kirk Adams |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Ann Richards David Richards |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
Cecile Richards (born July 15, 1957)[1][2] is an American activist and has been the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since 2006.[3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.[4] In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees.
Political involvement
Richards previously founded and served as president of America Votes, a coalition of national Democratic Party-affiliated organizations.[5] Before that, she was deputy chief of staff to the U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.[6] She has also worked at the Turner Foundation.[7] In 1996, she founded the Texas Freedom Network, a Texas organization formed to counter the Christian right.[8]
Writing
She contributed the piece "Combating the Religious Right" to the 2003 anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, edited by Robin Morgan.[9]
Personal life
Richards is the daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards (née Dorothy Ann Willis) and David Richards.[4] She attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School for high school, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Brown University in 1980.[10] She is married to Kirk Adams, a labor organizer with the Service Employees International Union, and has three children.[11][12][13] She lives in New York City.[14]
Awards and honors
- 2010 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship[15]
- 2012 Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World[16]
References
- ^ "Cecile Richards". The Guide to the Political Left. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Finn, Robin (May 2, 2010). "Strategy for the Produce Aisle". The New York Times. pp. MB2.
- ^ Somashekhar, Sandhya (2015-07-16). "Planned Parenthood head apologizes for 'tone' of doctor in covert video". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b Johnson, Darragh (March 25, 2006). "Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's Choice Leader". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ Farhi, Paul (March 24, 2004). "Democratic Spending Is Team Effort". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ "Groups collecting contributions in hopes of defeating Bush". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. August 17, 2003. p. 11A.
- ^ Herman, Ken (April 7, 2001). "Tax-cut ad campaign players: throwback to '94 governor race". The Austin American-Statesman.
- ^ Green, John (2000). Prayers in the Precincts. Washington: Georgetown University Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-87840-775-8.
- ^ "Library Resource Finder: Table of Contents for: Sisterhood is forever : the women's anth". Vufind.carli.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ "Nelson Mandela To Receive Honorary Degree in Absentia, One of Eight Candidates" (Press release). Brown University. April 27, 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/our-leadership/cecile-richards
- ^ http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a15060/cecile-richards-abortion-stigma/
- ^ http://www.lifenews.com/2015/11/10/cecile-richards-defends-aborting-her-baby-we-had-three-kids-that-was-enough/
- ^ Martinez, Gebe. "Texans in Washington". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers Partnership, L.P. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, official website.
- ^ Fluke, Sandra (2012-04-18). "Time Magazine: 100 Most Influential People in the World: Cecile Richards". Time.com. Retrieved 2013-04-24.