Posts by Kathy Groob
BREAKING NEWS: Congresswoman Giffords Shot in the Head – Condition Very Grave
Physicians at University Hospital in Tuscon, Arizona are reporting that Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Tuscon) is expected to live despite being shot through the head in a shooting at approximately 10 a.m. outside a grocery store in Tuscon. Rep. Giffords is married and began her service in Congress in 2007. She is the first Jewish woman…
Read MoreWomen raped in mass attack AGAIN in the Congo
CNN–Dozens of women were raped in a coordinated attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo on New Year’s Day, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday. The humanitarian agency said 33 women were raped in Fizi, South Kivu, in the eastern part of the war-torn country. “Women had been restrained with ropes or beaten unconscious with the…
Read MoreBrazil swears in ‘Iron Lady’ as first woman president
MSNBC – A one-time Marxist guerrilla who was tortured under Brazil’s long dictatorship became the first female president of Latin America’s largest nation when she was sworn in Saturday. Dilma Rousseff takes the presidency from Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, her political mentor who used his enormous popularity to help propel her to the presidency,…
Read MoreHere Come the Governors
by Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine It’s a new year, but the same old story for women. Twenty-six new governors were sworn into office at the stroke of midnight. Just six are women. This is the same number of women governors who served in 2010. The nation says goodbye to three of its female governors,…
Read MoreMurkowski certified winner of Alaska Senate race
JUNEAU, Alaska — Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a legal battle that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job. Gov. Sean Parnell and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell signed the paperwork certifying her win in the hotly contested race. “It’s done,”…
Read MoreEver heard of Kamala Harris? You will.
By DeWayne Wickham ~ In the world of politics, this could be called the “Year of the Woman.” From the rise of Republican Nikki Haley, who came from nowhere and fought off a scurrilous personal attack to win South Carolina’s governorship, to the surprising staying power of Barbara Boxer, the three-term Democratic U.S. senator who…
Read MoreMoms on the Hill
Karen Tanabe, Politico – Congress saw an unprecedented baby boom during the second half of this decade – that is, five babies were born to female members. When Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered her daughter Grace in December, she became the first congresswoman to have two children while in office. While baby no. 2 made…
Read MoreCommittee Decisions Deliver Potential Setback to Female Lawmakers
Huffington Post — In what could be a blow to female lawmakers, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) lost out in key Steering Committee votes on Thursday for ranking member positions in the next Congress. Although committee memberships are not yet final, pending a final Democratic caucus vote, the news could bode poorly…
Read More21 Companies That Have Excluded Women from Leadership
Huffington Post – By 24/7 Wall Street: More than half of the American workforce is comprised of women. It is well-known that they are paid less than their male counterparts. Several studies show that female workers make about 77% of the compensation paid to their male peers. The numbers are worse for women of color. This…
Read MoreOhio Governor Appoints First Black Woman to Supreme Court
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, The Associated Press Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland picked the woman who ran at his side in his failed re-election bid as the next justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Yvette McGee Brown will be the first black woman to serve on the state’s highest court and the third black justice in…
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