Elizabeth Warren’s Rise Is Not Surprising

The Senator’s ultra-prepared, substantive campaign is typical for women competing in male-dominated fields

Jude Ellison S. Doyle
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5 min readMay 30, 2019

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Just two months ago, Elizabeth Warren was regarded as a “weak” candidate. She was, people said, too wonky, too nerdy, too wooden. Her unforced error in responding to Trump’s “Pocahontas” taunt — not only performing a…

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Jude Ellison S. Doyle
GEN
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Author of “Trainwreck” (Melville House, ‘16) and “Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers” (Melville House, ‘19). Columns published far and wide across the Internet.