Abina Alberta: How Gillibrand’s ‘fearlessness’ makes her a formidable 2020 contender

Abina Alberta

How Gillibrand's 'fearlessness' makes her a formidable 2020 contender Jan 17th 2019, 16:46, by Vanessa Angel Kirsten Gillibrand's focus on issues aimed at advancing women in the workplace and combating sexual violence earned her a nickname as the '#MeToo Senator' Not long after Kirsten Gillibrand arrived in Congress more than a decade ago, she was nicknamed "Tracy Flick" in a reference to the calculating and aggressive blond high school student played by Reese Witherspoon in the 1999 film Election. It was not a term of endearment, but rather a derisive attempt to put down what Gillibrand's colleagues – many of them men – complained was her unbridled ambition. Continue reading... from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2W1pmzC

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