National Geographic - USA (2020-08)

Jennifer
PIEROTTI LIM

Ariel

HILL-DAVIS

Co-founders of Republican

Women for Progress

the 2018 elections.

Lim and Hill-Davis, two

of the four founders

of the organization, are

determined to reverse

that slide through

recruitment and train-

ing. “We have a lot

of women who come

from a more traditional

“Nowadays there’s so

much great focus on

women’s representa-

tion and getting more

women elected,” says

Lim (above, at left).

“That has to include

Republican women.”

Their numbers in

Congress fell after

background,” says

Hill-Davis. She says her

group’s job is “convinc-

ing them that they’re

just as capable as the

men and that their

life experience brings

something different

to the table that is no

less valuable.”

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