Posts by Kathy Groob
Facing Record Deficit, Schwarzenegger Turns to a Democratic Woman
California Republican Governor’s Chief of Staff — and Cigar-Smoking Partner — Is a Key Player in Budget Negotiations By STU WOO, Wall Street Journal SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his effort to end the partisan bickering that is pushing California to the brink of insolvency, is deploying Susan Kennedy, his cigar-smoking, paintball-playing…
Read MoreRenewed Signs of Life for Paycheck Fairness Act
The Paycheck Fairness Act: The Next Step in the Fight for Fair Pay The National Organization for Women (NOW) Women’s rights coalition partners applaud Congress and the Obama administration for moving quickly to enact the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. It is a critical new law that preserves the rights of victims of pay…
Read MorePresident Obama Appoints Domestic Violence Czar
Rosenthal appointed to advisor post in Obama White House By Doug Blackburn DEMOCRAT senior WRITER, Tallahassee.com Domestic-violence prevention advocates in the Big Bend are championing the appointment of one of their own to a prominent position in the White House. Lynn Rosenthal, a former executive director of Refuge House as well as past director of Florida…
Read MoreA Woman is Poised to Make History in Alabama Politics
Shelia Smoot Launches Bid for U.S. Congress By Brandy Bailey, Contributor ElectWomen Magazine Shelia Smoot is a woman of many talents. She is the Jefferson County Commissioner in Birmingham Alabama, a consumer advocate, radio talkshow host, businesswoman, and mother. Now she is hoping to add to that impressive list of accomplishments as U.S. Congresswoman for…
Read MorePennsylvania Women’s Campaign Fund Announces September WINNING EDGE Campaign School
The Pennsylvania Women’s Campaign Fund announces their campaign school to be held in Philadelphia September 11, 12 & 13th. PWCF Campaign Training provides The Winning Edge – a unique training opportunity for women interested in running for office and for those who want to run political campaigns. The objective of the PWCF Campaign Training program…
Read MoreShould She Run for State Office? South Carolina Woman Asks for Help in Making Decision
South Carolina politics is the focus of much of the national news media attention these days. But Marjorie Johnson, a potential Democratic candidate for Secretary of State in South Carolina, isn’t a top draw on television, but she’s drawing attention by hosting a campaign exploratory picnic at her home in Columbia on Friday, July 3rd. …
Read MoreRunning Start’s Path to Politics Series Continues June 30th
Running Start, the D.C. based organization dedicated to inspiring and education young girls and women to run for political office is hosting Leading at the Local Level luncheon on June 30th from noon -1:30 p.m. at 700 12th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The Path to Politics program is a nine-part series. For information or to…
Read MoreWhy so few women in infidelity club?
By: Melanie Mason for POLITICO When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to an extramarital affair on Wednesday, he presented an all-too-familiar tableau: the pained expressions, contrite words and teary gaze of a male politician confessing sexual indiscretion. Coming close on the heels of a similar admission from Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), it is clear…
Read MoreCourage and Desperation – The Women of Iran
By ROGER COHEN, New York Times Iran’s Second Sex, TEHRAN From Day 1, Iran’s women stood in the vanguard. Their voices from rooftops were loudest, and their defiance in the streets boldest. “Stand, don’t run,” Nazanine told me as the baton-wielding police charged up handsome Vali Asr avenue on the day after the fraudulent election.…
Read MoreFarrah Fawcett 1947-2009
Farrah Fawcett died today after a courageous battle with anal cancer that spread throughout her body. Once known as a TV beauty pop icon, Farrah proved her acting abilities in a movie that brought the deadly secret about battered women out into the open with her performance in The Burning Bed. In “Farrah’s Story,” which…
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