A stalwart gone too soon, Cecile Richards died on January 20 after a battle with brain cancer. Her leadership shaped the ...

Texas native Cecile Richards was the daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards and lawyer David Richards. She was a graduate of the prestigious Brown University and as a teen, she laid down ...

Cecile Richards devoted her life to political activism in the fight for equal rights, most notably the rights of women to ...

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Watching Cecile Richards exit the world after a two-year fight with brain cancer is hard: During our mutual lifetime, she helped to move feminism into the mainstream. An organizer and political ...

Her following biography resembles that of someone shot from a public service cannon: Richards founded the Texas Freedom Network ... to be a part of the fun. “Cecile was a fabulous entertainer ...

The activist modernized Planned Parenthood and transformed the organization into a formidable political player.

Cecile Richards first noticed that something fundamental had shifted in America’s politics more than 30 years ago. After her mother, the progressive Texas governor Ann Richards, was defeated in ...

The first time I really sat down with Cecile Richards ... as a longtime labor organizer and the daughter of iconic Texas governor Ann Richards—and didn’t know that many women in media.

Cecile Richards, a lifelong advocate for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 years, has died at the age of 67 after a battle with brain cancer, her family said in a statement Monday ...