Posts by Kathy Groob
Women Rock Political Conventions
By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen Founder– Women are topic number one during this week’s Republican convention. Courting the female vote, keynote speaker Governor Chris Christie spoke at length about his mother’s strong influence on his life. During Ann Romney’s speech on opening night, she shouted, “I love you women!” Prominent female speakers excited the crowds on…
Read MoreWomen’s Leadership Summit to Be Held in Atlanta Sept. 13th
Making the Case for Women: Research and Messages for the Fall ElectionThursday, September 13th in Atlanta, GA, Loudermilk Center, 9am – 2pm Don’t miss this opportunity! National experts deliver the latest research, polling data and news on women as candidates and voters.Speakers include: Kellyanne Conway, the polling company, inc. Mary Hughes, The 2012 Project Robert Jones, Annie’s…
Read MoreWomen Flex Their Muscles Outside RNC Convention
Ruth’s List and Planned Parenthood are teaming up to call attention to the “War on Women” during the Republican National Committee’s Convention in Florida this week. Ruth’s List has sponsored a billboard touting Democratic office-holders during this week’s convention. Tampa “Women Are Watching” Rally at RNC Convention August 29, 2012 – 2:00pm – 5:00pm Julian B. Lane Riverfront…
Read MoreHappy Women’s Equality Day
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY EDITORIAL from The Tennessean Newspaper, by Sandra Bennett, August, 2008 August 26th is National Women’s Equality Day, an opportunity to reflect on and salute the women who worked so tirelessly to give the women of today the right to vote. The work began in Senaca Falls, New York in 1848 and ended…
Read MorePINK POLITICS Message Comes To West Virginia
Author Kathy Groob to Speak at the West Virginia Federation of Democratic Women’s Annual Meeting Covington, KY—Political consultant, founder of ElectWomen, Kentucky-native Kathy Groob will be speaking this weekend at the West Virginia Federation of Democratic Women’s annual meeting in Charleston, WVa. Groob will speak at a dinner on Saturday evening, August 25, 2012. Tapping…
Read MoreDemocrats Announce 10 Speakers for National Convention – 10 Women!
Huffington Post – The Democratic National Convention Committee Wednesday announced a lineup of convention speakers who will further solidify the party’s standing with female voters. The list, passed along by a source from the committee, includes the following names: Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans, Affairs Tammy Duckworth. Sandra Fluke,…
Read MoreShocker: Rape can make you pregnant.
Dr. Aaron Carroll for CNN – Rep. Todd Akin made news this weekend by announcing that pregnancy from “legitimate rape” is rare. He further argued that physicians had told him that women who were traumatized in such a way had biological things happen in their bodies to “shut down” the “whole thing” so that fertilization…
Read MoreCNN’s Crowley to be first woman in two decades to moderate presidential debate
(CNN) – Candy Crowley, CNN’s chief political correspondent and host of “State of the Union,” will be the first woman in 20 years to moderate a general election presidential debate, the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday. Crowley will host the second debate between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on…
Read More3 Courageous Russian Women Jailed
Moscow (CNN) — A judge found three members of the Russian female punk rock band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism Friday for performing a song critical of President Vladimir Putin. Judge Marina Sirovaya said the charges against the three women — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich — were proved by witnesses and the facts.…
Read More2012 Project Marches On. Recording-setting primary victories for women.
The 2012 Project/Center for American Women and Politics – With primaries completed in most states, a record 154 women have been nominated for US House races in November. That total blows past the previous record of 141 nominees set in 2004 – with 10 more primaries still to come! Regional Summits The 2012 Project and…
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