In her new book, “Resistance: How Women Saved Democracy From Donald Trump,” Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin traces different forms of women-led opposition to the 45th President from the Women’s March on the day of his inauguration through Election Day 2020. Rubin joined Jim Braude on Greater Boston to tell more.
Rubin says the Women’s March launched a movement of women who became more involved in political activism, and spurred many women to run for office for the first time. She says after Hillary Clinton’s defeat, women are making strides, yet there is still work to be done.
“Women made tremendous progress in 2020,” she said. “We had multiple women running so that they could be individuals just like men have always been, but there was still a high bar, an even higher bar perhaps for them, in running for president.”
Rubin said that having a woman as vice president is a sign of progress that could make a difference. “They acclimatize the electorate to seeing women in a very high position of authority,” she said, yet “the fight goes on.”
WATCH: Jennifer Rubin’s New Book Looks At Women Of The ‘Resistance’
