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

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.

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

As we mourn the loss of activist, organizer, and former president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, I offer words of wisdom she shared with me in our interviews over the years.

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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ... 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 ...

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

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