Posts by Kathy Groob
Women’s Movement Historical Facts
by Kathy Groob TIMELINE OF THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT Elizabeth Cady Stanton is best remembered as the founder of The Women’s Movement. She held the first conference in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848. In 1869 Wyoming and Utah allowed women the right to vote but that was quickly overturned by the Edmonds-Tucker Act of 1887. In…
Read MoreWomen’s Equality Day Washington, D.C. 1970
Suffrage Parade New York City 1912
President Obama Signs Equal Pay Bill Today
Obama Signs First Piece of Legislation Lilly Ledbetter Act Makes It Easier for Workers to Sue for Pay Discrimination By Debbi Wilgoren and Amy Goldstein –Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, January 29, 2009 President Obama this morning signed a law that expanded the time frame in which workers can sue for discrimination they have experienced based…
Read MoreCongressional Candidate Sara Feigenholtz
Meet Sara Feigenholtz – http://www.saraforcongress.com ***Special Election – March 3, 2009*** A FIGHTER FOR HER COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES A lifelong resident of the 5th Congressional District, State Representative Sara Feigenholtz is a product of both her community and the person who had the greatest influence on her life – her mother. Sara was raised…
Read MoreColorado Takes Lead in Female Legislators
Colorado takes lead in female legislators Hank Lacey, Castle Rock Getting sworn in on Feb. 13 as a member of Colorado’s House of Representatives was a big day for Karen Middleton and her family. It’s also a big day for all Colorado women. You see, once Middleton took the Aurora seat to which she was…
Read MoreState Representative Kelly Flood
Kentucky State Representative Kelly Flood was elected in 2008. Her campaign website is now offering information to her constituents in her district which encompasses part of Lexington, Kentucky. http://www.kellyflood.com/
Read MoreComing Up Short as a Role Model for the Mommy Track
By SUSAN DOMINUS – Big City Back in 1993, a young woman named Shannon Faulkner filed suit against the Citadel, then an all-male military college, after it accepted her application only to reverse course upon learning her sex. Ms. Faulkner, who prevailed in the lawsuit, was championed and feted by theNational Organization for Women and women’s magazines and…
Read MoreDoes a Glass Ceiling Persist in Politics?
Does a Glass Ceiling Persist in Politics? Kennedy’s Withdrawal Illustrates a Double Standard, Some Say By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer With her abrupt exit this week from consideration for the Senate, Caroline Kennedy added her name to a growing list: women who have sought the nation’s highest offices only to face…
Read MoreThe Good News About New York’s Senate Seat
by Madeleine M. Kunin, blog, Jan 23, 2009 The good news is that a woman, and a young woman, at that, has been appointed to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat. Kirsten Gillibrand is a good choice on many counts, in addition to her gender. She comes from upper New York State which seems to be…
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