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July 15 - What Women Want (In A Leader Of The Free World)

It’s not just the weather that’s heating up this summer. We’re in the middle of a political heat wave too.  Presidential nominating conventions are upon us, and all evidence points to a scorching campaign season in the months to follow. KSFR will be taking a look at what’s on the mind of delegates, politicians and voters.  Reporter Mary Lou Cooper discusses the role of women in presidential politics with an expert at the non-partisan Center for American Women and Politics.

Mary Lou Cooper reports on consumer issues for KSFR as well as on politics and elder affairs. She has worked for the U.S. Congress as well as for the Nevada and Tennessee legislatures, and remains a political junkie. She worked many years for an association of Western state legislatures and was a contributor to “Capitol Ideas,” a national magazine about state government. In 2016 Cooper received a public service award from the New Mexico Broadcasting Association for her KSFR story on Internet romance scams. She has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and from the National Federation of Press Women. She grew up in Oak Ridge, TN and received her BA from Emory University in Atlanta and her MA from the University of Texas Austin. She also holds fiction and screenwriting certificates from the University of Washington.