Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other leaders of prominent women’s groups, all of us out to make the case for Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.

Cecile Richards, a longtime advocate for women’s rights and Planned Parenthood leader, died of brain cancer at 67, her family said.

The former Planned Parenthood president and lifelong champion of women’s rights passed away Monday from brain cancer.

Ann Richards ... in her footsteps," Clinton wrote. "I'm thinking of her family and friends today and holding you close to my heart. Former President Barack Obama praised Richards' dedication ...

The women in Richards’ family were no strangers to political power: Her mother was the late Gov. Ann Richards of Texas and her daughter, Lily Adams, served as a political appointee in former President Joe Biden’s administration. In one of his final ...

FILE - Cecile Richards ... Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) FILE - Cecile Richards, former President of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Texas Gov ...

Ann Richards, speaks during the Democratic National ... during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven ...

FILE - Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's president, addresses an audience during an event in Hooksett, N.H. Jan. 10, 2016, during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ... Texas Gov. Ann Richards, was ...

during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) CONCORD, N.H. — Cecile Richards, a national ...

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

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