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Cecile Richards

Cecile Richards, American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (died 2025)

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Born
July 15, 1957
Died
January 20, 2025
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1957

About Cecile Richards

Cecile Richards was an American activist who served as the president of both the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliated Planned Parenthood Action Fund from 2006 to 2018. In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees. In spring 2019, Richards co-founded Supermajority, a women's political action group. He also won several landmark cases, including a voting-rights lawsuit that went to the Supreme Court. At the age of 16, she helped her mother campaign for Sarah Weddington, the attorney who won Roe v. In 1996, she founded the Texas Freedom Network, a Texas organization formed to counter the Christian right.

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Cecile Richards timeline

  1. In 1996, she founded the Texas Freedom Network, a Texas organization formed to counter the Christian right.
  2. In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees.
  3. In spring 2019, Richards co-founded Supermajority, a women's political action group.

The world when Cecile Richards was born

Cecile Richards was born in 1957. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1957

  • #1 song"All Shook Up" – Elvis Presley
  • Top movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Top TV showGunsmoke
  • Best-selling bookOn the Road – Jack Kerouac

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMilwaukee Braves win the World Series
  • Top headlineSoviet Union launches Sputnik — Space Race begins
  • Technology milestoneSputnik 1 becomes first artificial satellite in orbit
  • Defining fadHula hoops (early buzz)
  • Notable inventionFrisbee
  • World population2.87 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championMilwaukee Braves (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population171.2M

1957 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cecile Richards's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19572026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$12,200$435,000
Average income$6,700$67,500
Minimum wage$1.00$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.51$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population171.2M341 million

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