8 Most Memorable Vote Promoters Who Weren’t Even Registered

Courtesy of Online Certificate Programs – Celebrities and other high-profile figures use their name to promote political campaigns and encourage people to get out and vote. But even with all the advertisements and endorsements, many of these vote promoters don’t make it to the polls, [more]

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IGNITE Seeks to Light a Flame for Future Women in Politics

By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – While working to promote women candidates at EMILY’s List and Emerge America, Anne Moses believed there was a missing link to advancing the numbers for women in politics.  “Someone needed to be reaching [more]

Use Facebook to urge Facebook to put women on its board of directors

By Moira Forbes, ForbesWoman - The world’s most highly anticipated IPO is also calling attention to a problem that continues to plague corporate America: the lack of women on boards. Scheduled to go public in May, Facebook was founded [more]

Cincinnati Mobilizing Women Event Highlights Need to Retain Women

By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine  Political activist Jodine Grundy, Melissa Wideman and their committee of hosts shined a spotlight on Cincinnati women in politics at the Mobilizing Women 2012 event.  The event featured three of the four Cincinnati state representatives [more]

Suzanne Bonamici sworn in to Congress

POLITICO - Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) was sworn in as the newest member of the House of Representatives Tuesday, replacing former Rep. David Wu, who resigned last summer following allegations of unwanted sexual conduct. Bonamici, a former state senator, easily [more]

Opinions

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen Magazine – Clearly the religious right doesn’t care about the sanctity of marriage as long as it’s between a man and a woman.  When South Carolina Republicans voted overwhelmingly for [more]

Women's Issues

Irked by abortion bill, Va. senator adds rectal exams for men By Michael Sluss -The Roanoke Times - The (Virginia) state Senate this afternoon gave preliminary approval for legislation that would require pregnant women to [more]

Winning and losing

By MICHELINE MAYNARD for The New York Times – Even in a Locker Room Apart, an Undeniable Leap of Progress The most exceptional thing about Brianna Amat, who has become known as the Kicking Queen, is [more]

Organization news
Coalition of Women’s Groups Call for Women to “Take Your Seat”

Mission 2012: Elect More Women than ever in South Carolina September 7, 2011 – Columbia, S.C. – Women of all ages and races gathered at the South Carolina State House in a call to action for women to “Take Your Seat” and run for [more]

Latest News

The New York Times - Christine C. Quinn, simultaneously offering an agenda for the City Council and a preview of her mayoral campaign, proposed on Thursday to crack down on landlords whose buildings are deteriorating, [more]

New York Times - The last veteran of World War I was a waitress, and for 90 years no one knew her name. Florence Green, a member of Britain’s Royal Air Force who was afraid [more]

By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine - An initiative announced today by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) and Barbara Boxer (D-California) intends to rally supporters of women’s rights in the wake of Susan G. [more]

The 2012 Project and the Center for American Women and Politics will be following the progress of women through this election cycle – from filing deadlines to primary elections to Election Day 2012. Check back often for updates. [more]

Candidates
Oklahoma’s Traci Barnes; Fired Up and Running for State House

By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – With a campaign video that begins with the energetic tunes from the musical Oklahoma, Traci Barnes has thrown her hat into the right to run for Oklahoma’s House District 3. She’s kicked off [more]

Election 2012:  She’s Back in the Saddle, North Dakota former Attorney General to Run for U.S. Senate

Former North Dakota Democratic attorney general and tax commissioner Heidi Heitkamp says she will make a run for the U.S. Senate. The 56-year-old Heitkamp made it official Tuesday, saying in a statement that Washington is “badly broken.” She will [more]

Women In business

By Phyllis Korkki for The New York Times - ISN’T it just a matter of time before women reach parity with men in the upper ranks of the corporate world? After all, women in [more]

Campaign Tips

By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine - Whether you are running for city council or for Congress, each candidate must follow proper procedures for filing the important nominating petitions necessary to secure a place on [more]

Women In History
Remembering the women of Pearl Harbor

Seventy years ago Americans were impacted in a way like no other when the Japanese attacked the United States’ Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.  The women of the Pearl Harbor disaster were wives, mothers, daughters who took up a [more]