Colorado Public Radio

Three takeaways from Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame inductees

The inductees come from different backgrounds but reflect on similar themes of belonging, recognition and progress today.
CBS News

Week of Women

CBS Colorado's Week of Women is a partnership with the Women's Foundation of Colorado, World Denver, Women Powering Change, Latinas Lideres y Emprendedoras and other women's organizations throughout ...
The Gazette

Colorado women are born and raised to rock the Olympics with heavy-medal noise | Mark Kiszla

Welcome to Colorado, home to the strongest women in the world. Female athletes from the Rocky Mountains rock on the Olympic stage. And we have the gold to prove it. When the Summer Games open in Paris ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Colorado women won the right to vote, hold public office 130 years ago

When the male voters of Colorado overwhelming approved giving women the right to vote in November of 1893 — the first state to approve women’s suffrage by popular vote — the result provoked excitement ...
9NEWS

Marking a 130-year milestone for women voting in Colorado

DENVER — Election day on Nov. 7, 2023 marks 130 years of most women being allowed to vote in the state of Colorado. The search for election day history isn't always found at the polling place where ...
Colorado Public Radio

‘Nobody is going to tell you it’s your turn.’ A roundtable discussion with women lawmakers on the political landscape and leadership in Colorado

Colorado has consistently ranked highly for the number of women holding elected office for the last few decades. Colorado currently ranks second in the nation for the number of women elected to the ...
9NEWS

Trailblazing women of Denver: Humane Colorado's century-long legacy persists

DENVER — More than 100 years ago, women in Denver made it their mission to care for some of our most vulnerable. They had the foresight to create the Dumb Friend's League, now Humane Colorado, before ...
The Durango Herald

Colorado Legislature poised to be second in country with women in majority

Colorado’s state Legislature is poised to have more women than men in 2023 for the first time in the state’s history, with 51% of Colorado’s state legislators being women after the 2022 midterm ...
The Gazette

AROUND TOWN: Women of Distinction saluted by Girl Scouts of Colorado

Six successful women, honored as inspirations for girls and young women, were named Women of Distinction by Girl Scouts of Colorado. During an awards evening April 22 at Weidner Field, the honorees ...
CNN

Hundreds of White women gather at Colorado Capitol after plea from women of color to use their ‘privilege’ to demand action on gun violence

Hundreds of White women gathered at the Colorado Capitol Monday morning, with more expected to show up throughout the day, to use their “privilege” in a silent sit-in to demand Gov. Jared Polis ban ...
The Denver Post

Opinion: Polis’ careless words disappoint. Colorado’s women expect better from our allies.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Words matter. Representation matters. And to the great disappointment of the Democratic Women’s Caucus of Colorado, our governor failed to demonstrate an ...