Voter Activist Runs for Harris County Democratic Party Chair

Voter Activist Runs for Harris County Democratic Party Chair

In an election to select the leader of the Democratic Party in Harris County Texas, Keryl Douglas is pulling out all the stops, running a campaign much like a candidate for the state legislature.  An impressive resume, Keryl Douglas touts her experience as a community … [more]

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Bad News: Another Female Governor Out

Bad News: Another Female Governor Out

BREAKING NEWS from POLITICO - First-term North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue will announce Thursday she won’t seek reelection, multiple sources have confirmed to POLITICO. Saddled with low poll ratings, Perdue, a Democrat, was the most endangered incumbent governor of … [more]

Thanks for Listening to Power Women Radio

Thanks for Listening to Power Women Radio

Kathy Groob, publisher of ElectWomen Magazine will be featured today, Thursday, January 26th on Power Women Radio with host, Deb Bailey to discuss women in politics and her new book, Pink Politics. Women 4 Women Network is an All Women’s … [more]

In Wake of SC Primary, High-Tech Effort Launched to Encourage Women to Run for Office

In Wake of SC Primary, High-Tech Effort Launched to Encourage Women to Run for Office

(COLUMBIA, SC) – In the immediate wake of the state’s GOP presidential primary, the Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics (the Institute), in conjunction with our partners Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina (BCBSSC) and IT-oLogy, is announcing an exciting … [more]

Why Women Still Won’t Run for Office

Why Women Still Won’t Run for Office

By Kathy Groob, Publisher of ElectWomen Magazine and Author of Pink Politics With just 17% of the members of Congress representing the female gender, the United States has a systemic problem—there aren’t enough women serving in elected office.  More … [more]

Opinions

How would a female presidential candidate fare if she had Newt’s fidelity problem?

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

Gender Gap on Wages Is Slow to Close

By MOTOKO RICH for The New York Times - First, there was the “mancession” that made the downturn much worse for men. Then, what my colleague Catherine Rampell has called the “he-recovery,” which has put … [more]

Winning and losing

Homecoming queen is winning kicker on high school football team

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”

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

Goodbye for now brave Gabby

The New York Times – WASHINGTON — The House bade a tearful farewell to Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona on Wednesday as she submitted her resignation and was praised by members of both parties as an inspiring … [more]

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Step Down from Congress

ABC News - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will step down from Congress this week, her staff said today, and not seek re-election when her current term expires this year. “I have more work to do on … [more]

LIVE CHAT TODAY: Your voice is needed; should women have separate news/blog sites in politics?

By Mallary Jean Tenore for Poynter - Three days after The Washington Post’s new “She the People” blog launched, it had generated enough traffic to climb to the No. 1 spot among the site’s … [more]

Christine Quinn’s Coffers Reach Goal for New York Mayoral Primary

By Kate Taylor for The New York Times – Twenty-two months before New York City chooses its next mayor, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and a Democrat, has become the first candidate to surpass … [more]

Candidates

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

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

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

For Women, Parity Is Still a Subtly Steep Climb

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

CAMPAIGN TIPS: Common Filing Mistakes Made by Candidates

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

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]