This! Women, and especially black women, get to be leaders often only when the institutions they are tasked with leading are nearly irreparably broken.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.socialI could probably write a small book of all the women I know suddenly being asked to lead struggling institutions right now...
19thnews.org/2026/08/eric...
19thnews.org
The first Black woman to lead the CDC will face an uphill battle in restoring trust
Experts say women and people of color are often tapped to lead during crises. Erica Schwartz inherits a CDC reshaped by political battles over science and vaccines.