Posts by Kathy Groob
Lithuania Elects First Woman President
VILNIUS, Lithuania (Reuters) — The European Union budget commissioner, Dalia Grybauskaite, was elected Sunday as the first female president of Lithuania, the Baltic nation battling a particularly deep recession. Ms. Grybauskaite, 53, a tough-talking former finance minister with a black belt in karate, ran as an independent candidate, enhancing her popularity in contrast to the…
Read MoreCincy Chic Breaks the Boys Club – ElectWomen Magazine Featured on Women’s Online Publication
Cincy Chic, the Cincinnati women’s online publication is featuring ElectWomen Magazine on their site this week. Titled “Breaking the Boys Club”, Cincy Chic features a series of articles about local women who are carrying the torch toward equality. In the article Equalizing the Gender Ratio One Post at a Time, editor Linda Palacios describes the work of…
Read MoreEven in Small Town America One Woman Finds a Way to Take on a Leadership Role in Minnesota
By Brandy Bailey, Contributor ElectWomen Magazine When small Burns Township became incorporated Nowthen Minnesota May 1st, 2008 it was announced that a special election would be held in order to elect a mayor and four city council members. Laurie Olmon a woman with more than a decade of experience working as an advocate for various…
Read MoreKuwaiti Women Make History
By Brandy Bailey, Contributor ElectWomen Magazine Four Kuwaiti women made history on Saturday when they became the first women elected to their nation’s parliament. This is a huge victory given the conservative nature of Kuwait and the fact that the country’s legislature has been comprised only of men for the past five decades. Women in…
Read MoreRachel Alexandra Beats the Boys! – First Filly to Win Preakness in 85 Years
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine I say boys, because we’re talking about 3-year-olds. Yes, that’s right, 3-year-old thoroughbreds ran in the Preakness Stakes today at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore. The field of 13 includes 12 boys, and one filly named Rachel Alexandra won the coveted Preakness Stakes. Horse racing is king in my…
Read MoreFlorida Legislator Fights for Breast Cancer Awareness Bill
By Brandy Bailey, ElectWomen Magazine Contributor Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s concern for children and working families is what first motivated her to run for office in 1992, where she made history as the youngest woman ever elected to the Florida state legislature at the age of 26. Throughout this first race she displayed a vision and…
Read MoreSupreme Court Nomination Update: Potential Justice Offers a Counterpoint in Chicago
By NEIL A. LEWIS, New York Times WASHINGTON — When President Bill Clinton had a rare opportunity in 1995 for a Democratic president to fill a vacancy on the federal appeals court based in Chicago, a bastion of conservative thinking, he received an unusually strong recommendation from Senator Paul Simon. Mr. Simon, an outspoken liberal from Illinois who…
Read MoreHottest 2009 Races Featuring Female Candidates
ElectWomen Magazine Profiles the Top 2009 Political Campaigns for Women By Kathy Groob, Publisher Is 2009 an off year for elections? Not for these women! While 2009 is generally considered a down year for political elections, there are some hotly contested races that feature viable women candidates. Primary elections are just around the corner and…
Read MoreIn Iraq, a Story of Rape, Shame and ‘Honor Killing’
After prison guards assaulted an Iraqi woman, she turned to her brother for help. But he — and society — failed her. By Tina Susman and Caesar Ahmed, LA Times Reporting from Baghdad — Sometimes, it’s the forbidden stories, the ones people are afraid to tell in full, the ones that emerge only in fragments,…
Read MoreRepublican Women: A Minority in a Minority
By Erika Lovley for Politico Women make up almost 51 percent of the U.S. population but less than 10 percent of the House and Senate GOP — a gender disconnect that could make the Republicans’ climb back to power even steeper than it would be otherwise. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) notices that she’s part…
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