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Anita Raj

New Orleans
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Executive Director, Newcomb Institute for gender equity, Tulane University
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Women make up half of Louisiana’s population but less than 25% of its legislature

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By Anita Raj
| The Washington Post Verified
In 1936, Doris Lindsey Holland became the first woman to serve in the Louisiana Legislature. Nearly four decades later, in 1973, Lindy Boggs became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana. Another generation passed before Mary Landrieu became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, in 1996.
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Women make up half of Louisiana’s population but less than 25% of its legislature Original

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By Anita Raj
| Louisiana Illuminator
In 1936, Doris Lindsey Holland became the first woman to serve in the Louisiana Legislature. Nearly four decades later, in 1973, Lindy Boggs became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana. Another generation passed before Mary Landrieu became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, in 1996. These milestones mark important progress and demonstrate that Louisiana women have long contributed to public leadership.
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OPINION | Sexual exploitation exists not because it’s hidden, but because it’s tolerated

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By Anita Raj
| The Livingston Parish News Verified
(Louisiana Illuminator) — As headlines fixate on the Jeffrey Epstein case, the public narrative of sexual exploitation has narrowed to a familiar tableau: private jets, hidden islands, underage girls, powerful men insulated by wealth. The exploitation of minors is devastating. And abuse of power with impunity, whether by elites or anyone else, is a profound societal failure.
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