Money gap: Why don’t women give?

By ANNA PALMER and TARINI PARTI, POLITICO – For all the progress women have made in Congress and in elections, they are practically sitting out the new game that is redefining American politics: big money.It’s not that women want to leave it to men like Sheldon Adelson and Tom Steyer to sidle up to the…

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Michelle Howard is Navy’s first female 4-star admiral

CNN — The U.S. Navy has promoted Vice Adm. Michelle Howard to admiral, making her the first female four-star officer in the Navy’s 236-year-history, the White House said Tuesday.Howard, who was the first African-American woman to command a Navy ship, will become deputy chief of naval operations, plans and strategy, White House spokesman Josh Earnest…

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Jean-Marie Lawson Spann announces her candidacy for Commissioner of Agriculture  for the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Frankfort, Kentucky, June 18, 2014 – Jean-Marie Lawson Spann today officially announced her candidacy for the office of Commissioner of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  In front of an exuberant crowd, Jean-Marie laid out her goals for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.  Jean-Marie was introduced by former Kentucky Secretary of the Personnel Cabinet Carol…

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Mormons Expel Founder of Group Seeking Priesthood for Women

New York Times – Kate Kelly, who unsettled the Mormon Church by founding a movement to advocate opening the male-only priesthood to women, was excommunicated by her bishop and his two counselors in Virginia on Monday. Ms. Kelly, who once served as a Mormon missionary in Spain, organized the group Ordain Women in 2013 and…

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Thanking Anita Hill

By Kathy Groob, founder ElectWomen On a flight to Philadelphia I couldn’t wait to lift off so I could watch Anita, Speaking Truth to Power, the new documentary film I had downloaded on my iPad. Like so many women in 1991, I was riveted to my television while the nation watched the live Senate hearings…

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Bright future for Wendy Davis

By ANNA PALMER and KATIE GLUECK for POLITICO – Democrats are publicly rooting for Wendy Davis to turn Texas blue. But privately, many of her supporters are resigned to her losing. And, already, some political operatives are pondering how she can stay politically relevant beyond November. Davis is down by 12 points to opponent Greg Abbott…

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This Is How We Talk About Female Leaders (Hint: It’s Not Pretty)

Huffington Post – In the scramble to pinpoint the reason for Jill Abramson’s unceremonious ouster from The New York Times earlier this month, pundits floated countless theories about the players involved. Many of them included descriptions of Abramson tinged with sexist undertones. Her colleagues found her “unpopular.” “Unreasonable.” “Pushy.” Despite the media’s eagerness to paint…

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Legendary author Maya Angelou dies

(CNN) — Maya Angelou, a renowned poet, novelist and actress whose work defied description under a simple label, has died, her literary agent, Helen Brann, said Wednesday. She died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Brann said. A professor, singer and dancer, Angelou’s work spans several professions. In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded her…

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American women have served and died from the first

WASHINGTON (AP) — American women have served and died on the nation’s battlefields from the first. They were nurses and cooks, spies and couriers in the Revolutionary War. Some disguised themselves as men to fight for the Union or the Confederacy. Yet the U.S. military’s official acceptance of women in combat took more than two…

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