Cecile Richards
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| Born | July 15, 1957 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kirk Adams |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
Cecile Richards (born July 15, 1957)[1][2] is an American activist and has been the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since 2006.[3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.[4] In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees.
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Political involvement
Richards previously founded and served as president of America Votes, a coalition of national Democratic Party-affiliated organizations.[5] Before that, she was deputy chief of staff to the U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.[6] She has also worked at the Turner Foundation.[7] In 1996, she founded the Texas Freedom Network, a Texas organization formed to counter the Christian right.[8]
Writing
She contributed the piece "Combating the Religious Right" to the 2003 anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, edited by Robin Morgan.[9]
Personal life
Richards is the daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards (née Dorothy Ann Willis) and David Richards.[4] She attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School for high school, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Brown University in 1980.[10] She is married to Kirk Adams, a labor organizer with the Service Employees International Union, and has three children.[11] She lives in New York City.[12]
Awards and honors
- 2010 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship[13]
- 2012 Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World[14]
References
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| Preceded by | President of Planned Parenthood 2006–present |
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