Sherman Advocated For Reproductive Choice At The Conference On The Status Of Women (CSW) While Working For The Clinton Administration
Sherman Signaled The Administration’s Intent To Support Reproductive Choice Including Abortion At CSW. “On March 16, a State Department ‘action cable’ to all overseas posts urged top officials to push the U.S. position. ‘The priority issues for the U.S. include assuring family planning and reproductive health services, improving the status of women, resource mobilization and access to safe abortion.’ Wendy R. Sherman, assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, said in a letter to Mr. Smith that the Clinton administration planned to push abortion choice at another U.N. meeting. “Our intent at the CSW [Conference on the Status of Women] was to support reproductive choice. As a matter of principle, we believe that abortion should be safe, legal and rare. We believe that women should be provided the means to prevent unwanted pregnancies.” [The Washington Times, 9/2/94]
Sherman Tweeted In Support Of The Polish Women Protesting For Their Reproductive Rights In November 2020.

[Twitter, 11/2/20]
Sherman Began Her Career With Positions In Social Work, State-Level Government, And Leading EMILY’s List Before Pivoting Into Diplomacy
Sherman Worked In Partisan Politics and Social Work Prior To Her Work At The Department Of State. “Unlike most of her peers at the State Department, Sherman’s first jobs were in partisan politics and social work, not diplomacy. She was the director of EMILY’s List, which provides money to pro-choice, female, Democratic political candidates, and she ran the successful Senate campaign of then-Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski of Maryland. She also served as director of Maryland’s office of child welfare and as the president and CEO of the Fannie Mae Foundation, the charitable arm of the mortgage-lending giant.” [Foreign Policy, 10/15/13]
Sherman Led EMILY’s List In The Early 90s. “Groups like Emily's List, a fund-raising network for Democratic women who support abortion rights, are looking to the reapportionment year of 1992 to make significant gains in the House. Wendy Sherman, executive director of Emily's List, is already making recruiting trips into Florida and other states where House seats will be added in 1992, trying to line up women who are interested in running.” [New York Times, 10/29/90]
Sherman Has A Masters In Social Work And Began Her Career As Director Of Child Welfare For The State Of Maryland; She Has Also Led The Board Of Directors At Oxfam America. “Ambassador Sherman, with a Masters in Social Work, began her career as Director of Child Welfare for the State of Maryland. Later, she managed Senator Barbara Mikulski’s successful campaign for the U.S. Senate, served as director of EMILY’s List and ran Campaign ’88 at the Democratic National Committee for the Dukakis presidential campaign. She served on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, was Chair of the Board of Directors of Oxfam America and served on the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Policy Board and Congressional Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism.” [Harvard Kennedy School, accessed 1/22/21]