Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other leaders of prominent women’s groups, all of us out to make the case for Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President.
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Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most of her life rallying for progressive causes. Richards was a labor organizer, a staffer to Representative Nancy Pelosi, and then president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018.
Cecile Richards, one of the leading figures in America to champion women's reproductive rights passed away at the age of 67 from glioblastoma, an aggressive and quickly-progressing form of brain cance
Cecile Richards, a longtime reproductive rights and feminist activist and former president of Planned Parenthood, has died, her family announced Monday. She was 67. Richards was diagnosed in 2023 with a glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor.
Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States.
Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, spoke at the Democratic National Convention last year.
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, died at the age of 67 on Monday after a battle with cancer. “This morning our beloved Cecile passed away at home, surrounded by her
Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most of her life rallying for progressive causes. Richards was a labor organizer, a staffer to Representative Nancy Pelosi, and then president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018.
Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and fierce defender of reproductive rights, has died at 67 after a battle with brain cancer. Richards was a labor and voting organizer before leading Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018,
On Monday, the family of Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, announced that she had died. Richards is now being remembered by many as an advocate for women’s and worker’s rights.