Posts by Kathy Groob

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen – The percentage of women in parliaments (Congress) around globe continues to soar, although only three countries are at 50% or above. Quotas for electing women representatives has improved women’s standing in several countries. Startling to many, The United States is tied at 72nd with Panama, with just shy of twenty…

MSNBC’s political morning show, Morning Joe, will feature a series this week titled, Women Who Run Things. This morning’s kick-off segment featured Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake discusses the relationship between the city and its police force and if she’s running for Barbara Mikulski’s Senate seat. Tune in weekdays starting at 6 a.m. on MSNBC. The…

POLITICO – Kathleen Matthews, Marriott International’s executive vice president and chief global-communications and public affairs officer, and wife of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, is planning to run for the seat of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), following his announcement yesterday that he’ll seek the seat being vacated by Sen. Barbara Mikulski. A longtime resident of Chevy…

en. Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving woman in the history of Congress, announced Monday that she will not run for-re-election. “‘Do I spend my time raising money, or do I spend my time raising hell?’” the 78-year-old old Maryland Democrat, now in her fifth term, said she asked herself when deliberating whether to seek a…

Knowing Your Value and Morning Joe Co-Host, Mika Brzezinski, is taking her empowering women theme on the road with a five-state tour and contest titled Grow Your Value.  The contest  requires participants to upload a 60-second video of yourself telling Mika why you deserve a bonus. Mika will personally choose the three finalists who will…

New York Times – A couple of enterprising Harvard University students have uncovered proof of what women in the United States Senate have long suspected and claimed: They really are better than men at working together, passing bills and cutting bipartisan deals. Inspired by a recent article in The New York Times about women in…

Sally’s List, the Oklahoma organization dedicated to training and electing progressive women for public office is holding its third annual Powerful Women Luncheon on March 5th featuring former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. This year the organization is celebrating the role of women in leadership with the theme Powerful Women.  Tickets are on sale now: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E244669&id=1. The event…

When Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown succeeds the resigning Governor John Kitzhaber on Wednesday, February 18, she will join five other women as chief executives in the states for a total of three Democrats and three Republicans. Brown will be Oregon’s second woman governor, following in the footsteps of Barbara Roberts, who served from…

The Statesman Journal – Secretary of State Kate Brown will be sworn in asOregon’s 38th governor at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning in a relatively brief inauguration ceremony following Gov. John Kitzhaber’s Friday decision to resign. In a statement Tuesday, she said she would “lay out a series of immediate reforms needed to restore the public’s trust…

By Elizabeth Holtzman – POLITICO Magazine – In January 1973, I was sworn in as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress—even though, at the time, I had no idea that I had set a new record. The press wasn’t paying attention, and I just assumed that because the constitutional minimum age was 25 and…