Trimble’s ‘Ms. Prime Minister’ digs deep into media bias towards female PMs

Political scientist Linda Trimble also offers the building blocks of a strategy for female politicians to counter unfair portrayals of them by the press.

Former prime minister Kim Campbell successfully ran for the leadership of the then-governing Progressive Conservative Party in 1993. Ms. Campbell served as prime minister for five months after Brian Mulroney stepped down from the post following nine years in the office. The PCs were routed in the following election, losing all but two of their 169 seats, including Ms. Campbell's. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY ALEX MARLAND

August 27, 2018

There are many reasons why people enter, delay or avoid political life. Conservatives Rona Ambrose and Laureen Harper recently talked about the creation of the She Leads Foundation, a mentoring organization that strives to get more conservative women involved in politics. What they had to say is rel...

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