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The other Kentucky women posing a threat to Republicans
By Anna Brand, MSNBC – Alison Lundergan Grimes may be Kentucky’s best known Democratic woman running for office this year. But she is hardly alone: 31 progressive women candidates, hand-picked and trained by Emerge Kentucky, have filed for elective office in the Bluegrass State this year. The Democratic Party is banking on their success. For the…
Read MoreFormer TX Governor Ann Richards HBO Documentary to Air April 28th
The Leonard Lopate Show – Cecile Richards talks about her mother, Ann Richards, and the new HBO film “All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State.” The documentary chronicles Richards’ life—from growing up poor in rural Texas to her life as a sociable suburban housewife and mother of four to entering politics and becoming one…
Read MoreLeague of Women Voters program shows teen girls they have a future in politics
By Sally Friedman Correspondent, Burlington County Times (New Jersey) The prophets of doom have been insisting that America’s youth are so caught up in their tech toys that they have no interest in the important issues of the day, know little about our political system, and care even less. Those doomsayers should have been at…
Read MoreNew Book for Women; Confidence Code, Out Today 4/15
New book defines the science and art of self-assurance. “Confidence. We know it when we see it or think we do. And we want it for ourselves. The authors of the New York Times bestseller Womenomics deconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a blueprint to bring more of it into our lives.”…
Read MoreOn Equal Pay Day, key facts about the gender pay gap
Pew ResearchCenter – Today marks “Equal Pay Day,” the date that symbolizes how far into the new year the average American woman would have to work to earn what the average American man did in the previous year. With a new executive order issued today, President Obama and Democrats are hoping to peg the gender wage…
Read MoreMuriel Bowser Defeats Incumbent Mayor Vincent Gray in Washington Primary
By TRIP GABRIEL, New York Times –WASHINGTON — Muriel E. Bowser, whose activist father introduced her to signature-gathering and door-knocking as a girl, won a stunning upset on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for mayor in a race that turned on the integrity of the incumbent, Vincent C. Gray. Ms. Bowser, 41, promised a “fresh…
Read MoreFourteen Emerge Wisconsin Alumna on Ballot Today
Today is Election Day! Don’t know where to vote? Check out My Vote Wisconsin. Fourteen Emerge Wisconsin alumna are on the ballot today in Wisconsin. Emerge Wisconsin is changing the face of Wisconsin politics by identifying, training and encouraging women to run for office, get elected and to seek higher office. Our intensive, cohort-based seven-month training…
Read MoreJunior League of Boca Raton to Hold Women’s Political Symposium
ElectWomen founder and Pink Politics author Kathy Groob to deliver keynote address The Junior League of Boca Raton Florida will host its Women’s Political Symposium on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Vegso Community Resource Center in Boca Raton. The event will feature a full day of workshops on engaging women in politics and training for…
Read MoreMore New Jersey Women Are Ready to Run, Thanks to Ready to Run
Ready to Run™ NJ brought women from across the Garden State – as well as visitors from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York and even Colorado – to master the nuts and bolts of campaigning to win.Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY) keynoted the Diversity Initiatives, explaining how, as the only Asian American lawmaker in New York State, she…
Read MoreThe CNN 10: Visionary Women
CNN Launches Visionary Women in honor of Women’s History Month Helping other women soar A former welfare mother supplies cars for women re-entering the workforce. A public health worker yearns to stamp out the stigma of menstruation in the developing world. A biotech engineer embarks on a mission to teach a generation of black girls…
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