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The More Things Change……..They Stay the Same
A reader sent this clever comparison of two Time Magazine covers illustrating the work that women are doing to make things right. The Sheriffs of Wall Street article ponders the question that was recalled by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner when had recently come across a headline that asked, “What If Women Ran Wall Street?” The…
Read MoreWomen Surge Through Primary Elections
By Taylor Prewitt, Student Wake Forest University, Emerge Kentucky Intern Nearly one hundred women from across the country made it clear that the battle for female empowerment has its sights set on Washington. On Tuesday, June 8th, ten states held primary races that included a record number of female candidates, many of whom were victorious…
Read MoreTuesday’s Election Results: Big Night for Women
Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln (D) held onto her seat in the runoff election held Tuesday evening. Senator Lincoln had faced a tough fight against a more progressive Democrat in a mostly conservative state. California Republicans took an historic step Tuesday by nominating two wealthy businesswomen to challenge Democratic icons for governor and U.S. Senate, setting…
Read MoreOur Daughters Should Not Be Cut
By Lynn Harris, Salon.com FGM in the USA Some girls came back from this past winter break with Christmas loot, ski tans, still more to say about “Twilight: New Moon.” But others, women’s health experts suspect, came back with deep, and literal, wounds to heal. According to human rights advocates and service providers, families in…
Read MoreFive Reasons Women Make Better Candidates
by Phil Van Treuren http://www.politicalcampaigningtips.com/ One of the reasons we started Killer Campaigning was to show potential political candidates of all demographics how to serve their communities by running for office. As a former political consultant and campaign manager, however, I’m especially interested in encouraging women to get into politics–particularly because I know how effective…
Read MoreSenator Blanche Lincoln Hangs On; Runoff Scheduled for June
by Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas), a key voice for Wall Street reform, survived a primary election defeat Tuesday evening forcing a runoff election to be held in June. She emerged from the primary two percentage points ahead of her Democratic opponent, but because she failed to get 50% of…
Read MorePresident Obama appoints woman to Supreme Court
President Barack Obama is batting two for two for women when it comes to his Supreme Court picks. Today, the President appointed Elena Kagan to serve on the United States Supreme Court If confirmed, Kagan would become the fourth woman to serve on the high court and the second woman that President Obama has appointed.…
Read MoreThe Pill’s 50th Anniversary – The Great Women’s Liberator?
Promises the Pill Could Never Keep Editorial By ELAINE TYLER MAY, New York Times AN end to poverty. A cure for divorce. The elimination of unwed pregnancy. Fifty years ago next month, when the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would approve the oral contraceptive, these were the highest expectations for it. At the same…
Read MoreCBS NEWS:Dems Slam GOP for Lack of Female Candidates
by Stephanie Condon, CBS News As Democrats head into what is expected to be a tough election year for them, the party says it has a solid lead over Republicans in one respect — its number of women candidates. Seeking to ding the GOP on the issue, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is pointing…
Read MoreWorld Without Women
by Maureen Dowd, New York Times When I was in Saudi Arabia, I had tea and sweets with a group of educated and sophisticated young professional women. I asked why they were not more upset about living in a country where women’s rights were strangled, an inbred and autocratic state more like an archaic men’s…
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