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, an influential figure in the women’s rights movement and former head of Planned Parenthood, died of brain cancer at the age of 67.

Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical inflection point over reproductive freedom, has died, her family said Monday in a statement.

Cecile Richards had three children whose lives were greatly influenced by a person who was dedicated to women's reproductive rights.