Posts by Kathy Groob

Hillary Rodham Clinton has always consciously chosen her identities. She’s been a good wife in pink, defending her First Family’s “zone of privacy.” She’s been a grudging bureaucrat in grey, holding off the press with legalese over her tech travails. She’s been a prolific public speaker, earning a pretty penny from everyone from Goldman Sachs…

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen – Former television anchor, Kathleen Matthews announced today her campaign for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. The seat is currently held by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) who has announced his bid for Senate. Matthews is the wife of MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews. Kathleen Matthews joins several other candidates in the…

This year we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.  Many have sacrificed in the name of The United States of America in several ways since then–Korea, Vietnam, Gulf and Iraq wars.  Among those who serve and die in the name of freedom are women. Women serving on the front lines,…

By Christina Wilkie, Huffington Post – WASHINGTON — Even as Hillary Clinton solidifies her grasp on her party’s nomination for president, women remain dramatically underrepresented in American politics, holding only 20 percent of the seats in Congress and just six out of the 50 governorships.Despite gains in 2014, there are still 94 countries, including Saudi…

Baltimore’s power women dealing with police crisis are (left to right):  Major General Linda Singh, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. CNN video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi9aOc92QTU

Fortune – Linda Singh, who has gone from high school dropout, to management consultant, to leader of the National Guard, faces a new challenge: Stop the Baltimore riots. This story was originally published on Aug. 19, 2013. We are republishing and updating it today as Linda Singh, now a Major General, leads the Maryland National Guard’s…

Working tirelessly to recruit and train women for public office, Kimberly Ellis has herself stepped into the arena to run for the California Democratic Party’s African American Caucus.  As the very first African American Executive Director in Emerge America’s national network, Kimberly Ellis has worked for many years to support, train, and inspire Democratic women…

After waiting five months to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Loretta Lynch becomes the nation’s first African-American female attorney general, the top post in the Justice Cabinet.  Her nomination was held up over a human trafficking debate in the Senate.  Never before has an attorney general confirmation  been delayed this long. Lynch was confirmed…