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 ...

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

I’d been told she was new to New York—though not, of course, new to the spotlight, as a longtime labor organizer and the daughter of iconic Texas governor Ann Richards—and didn’t know that ...

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 ...

For the unversed, Cecile Richards was the daughter of Ann Richards, who served as the 45th Governor of Texas from the year 1991 till 1995. After Miriam A. Ferguson, Ann became the second female ...

Richards, the daughter of the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2023, five years after she left Planned Parenthood. Though ...

Ms. Richards, the daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards (D), was a longtime advocate for women’s rights and served as president of Planned Parenthood for 12 years. “Our hearts are ...