Posts by Kathy Groob
Capitol Still a Sea of Men’s Suits
By Melinda Henneberger for Marie Claire Women in American politics have never been more prominent — yet the view from the visitors’ gallery in the Capitol is still a sea of men’s suits. Only 16 percent of congressional seats are held by females. Why aren’t there more of us in those chairs? Or in statehouses…
Read MoreDemocrats fear wipeout for women
By Marian Cogan, Politico While conservatives are already celebrating the “Year of the Republican Woman,” thanks to a record number of GOP female candidates for Congress, Democrats fear the opposite trend: the year of the women’s wipeout. Three Democratic women first elected to Congress in 1992 — the original “Year of the Woman” — are…
Read MoreMaking Political Online Fundraising a Breeze
WEPAY LAUNCHES PAYMENT PRODUCT TO HELP GROUPS COLLECT AND MANAGE MONEY ONLINE An Online Alternative to Cash, Spreadsheets and the 2.2 Billion Paper Checks People in the US Write Each Other Every Year WePay, an online payment service that makes it easy for groups to collect, manage and spend money, has released a public beta…
Read MoreThree women on Supreme Court: How big a difference?
Associated Press — At least once a term for 13 years, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled, some lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court would mistake her for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, or vice versa. No matter that Brooklyn-born Ginsburg and O’Connor, raised on a ranch in Arizona, look and sound nothing alike. The confusion arose because,…
Read MoreForbes 50 Most Powerful Women
Forbes and Money Magazines have published their 2010 list of the world’s most powerful businesswoman. Indra Nooyi ranks #1 as the President and CEO of Pepsi. To read about all fifty women, click the link.
Read MoreThe New Face of Politics
The U.S. lags behind the world when electing women to office. Is that about to change? by: Danelle Morton | from: AARP The Magazine | September 24, 2010 AARP profiles women candidates over 50 from across the United States …..As the fall elections approach, women like Rogers, mentored by more than 50 different partisan and…
Read MoreInspired by Grandmother, Former Judge Runs for Ohio Lt. Governor
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine “You can be anything you want to be as long as you are willing to work harder than anyone else.” That’s what Yvette McGee Brown’s grandmother told her over and over as a girl in Ohio growing up the daughter of a single mom. Although her Grandmother passed away…
Read MoreWomen’s Campaign Forum: Number of Female Chiefs of Staff in Congressional Offices Remains Deficient
In 2009, WCF reported that female Chiefs of Staff on the Hill had hit the glass ceiling: Three years of stagnant statistics showed no significant increase in the percentage of House Members with a female Chief of Staff. Less than one-third of House Members’ Chiefs of Staff were women. This year, statistics reveal that the…
Read MoreLABOR DAY: A Million Women vs. Wal-Mart
Editorial by the New York Times For nine years, Wal-Mart has fought to stave off a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company has long discriminated against its female workers in pay and promotions. So far it has avoided a trial on the merits of the issue. The battleground instead is whether the million or so…
Read MoreNumber of Women in Congress Could Drop After November Elections
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau for the LA Times With this fall’s midterm elections, the number of women serving in Congress could drop for the first time in a generation — a twist on a political season many had dubbed “the year of the woman.” If large numbers of Democratic incumbents lose in November,…
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