Reese Witherspoon: Women Are 'Grossly Underrepresented' In Politics

Reese Witherspoon: Women Are 'Grossly Underrepresented' In Politics
Reese Witherspoon attends the 2013 March of Dimes "Celebration of Babies", on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by John Shearer/ Invision/ AP)
Reese Witherspoon attends the 2013 March of Dimes "Celebration of Babies", on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by John Shearer/ Invision/ AP)

Actress and producer Reese Witherspoon is putting the focus on women ahead of the 2014 elections.

HuffPost's Sasha Bronner spoke with Witherspoon as part of the “Making It Work” series. The Academy award-winner had this to say about the upcoming political battles:

One in particular that’s important to me is electing more women to official government positions. I feel that we are grossly underrepresented. Really support a lot of female political candidates. And I think there are some great organizations that are doing that. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and the whole Off the Sidelines campaign for young women to get them inspired to join in -- because there’s a sensibility that women don’t volunteer themselves. They want to be asked. And it’s hard to put yourself out there. We are all afraid of being marked as that girl who’s “really ambitious” -- as if that’s a bad thing!

Read more from HuffPost's interview with Witherspoon here.

Before You Go

George Clooney & President Obama

Obama With Celebrities

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot