Posts by Kathy Groob
LA Councilwoman Janice Hahn Wins Special Election – Heads to Washington
Los Angeles City Councilwoman, Janice Hahn (D) won her special election yesterday for California’s 36th Congressional District. Hahn won handily by a 54-45% margin. She succeeds Democrat Jane Harman, who resigned to run a Washington think tank, in California’s 36th District. Women have won both open seat Congressional elections in 2011 bringing the current total back to…
Read MorePolitical logos define campaigns
(CNN) — Candidates can only be in one place at one time, but their logos can be anywhere. The carefully-crafted designs represent a candidate’s brand, attempting to capture a multi-million dollar campaign in a symbol simple enough to fit on a button. “Logos are that first handshake with a voter,” said Ty Fujimura, a graphic…
Read MoreFirst Ladies to Honor Betty Ford
Washington (CNN) –– Current and past first ladies and two former presidents will attend a Tuesday memorial service in California for former first lady Betty Ford. The White House announced that Michelle Obama would travel to Palm Desert, California, for the National Tribute Service. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will be one of the eulogists, Ford…
Read MoreAnother state defunds Planned Parenthood
Huffington Post – Until July 1, a low-income New Hampshire woman paid an average of $5 to fill a birth control pill prescription at any of the state’s six Planned Parenthood clinics. She might have even gotten the birth control for free, depending on her poverty level. But since the New Hampshire Executive Council voted to…
Read MoreMust read for women in business – New Yorker Mag. on Sheryl Sandberg
Can Sheryl Sandberg upend Silicon Valley’s male-dominated culture? In 2007, the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, knew that he needed help. His social-network site was growing fast, but, at the age of twenty-three, he felt ill-equipped to run it. That December, he went to a Christmas party at the home of Dan Rosensweig, a Silicon…
Read MoreWill America Kill the Equal Rights Amendment?
By Barbara Hannah Grufferman – I wrote an article last week — “From Hope to History: It’s Time to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment” — that generated hundreds of comments and thousands of shares. Why? Many readers were dismayed and confused to learn that this simply worded sentence is still not in the U.S. Constitution, even…
Read MoreU.S. Women Advance to Semifinals in World Cup
AP- DRESDEN, Germany – The Americans are moving on to the semifinals after one of the most riveting games in the history of the Women’s World Cup — beating Brazil 5-3 on penalty kicks after a 2-2 tie. Abby Wambach tied it with a magnificent, leaping header in the 122nd minute, and goalkeeper Hope Solo denied…
Read MoreRemembering the Life of Betty Ford – Advocate, Woman of Courage
CNN — Betty Ford, the widow of late President Gerald Ford and a co-founder of an eponymous addiction center in California, has died at the age of 93, according to the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. Ford died Friday evening with family at her bedside, according to a family member.…
Read MoreKidnap Victim Elizabeth Smart to Join ABC News
The Daily Beast – Elizabeth Smart first came into our consciousness nearly a decade ago as a 14-year-old girl kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom. She was found alive nine months later, some 18 miles from her home, and the man and woman who seized her were ultimately convicted. Now The Daily Beast has learned…
Read MoreNew Zealand CEO Blames Menstruation for Lack of Equal Pay
MSNBC – The head of a business group has been fired after asserting that menstruation makes women less productive in the workplace than men. Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of New Zealand’s Employers and Manufacturers Association, made the comments during a radio debate. The BBC reported that Thompson sparked controversy by suggesting that women earned less…
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