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MUST WATCH VIDEO – If you ever wondered what difference it will make to have more women in elected office, watch Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) stand up for rape victims in the U.S. Military. Watch An Awesome Feminist Senator Teach A U.S. General How To Do His Job.

By CHOE SANG-HUN, New York Times – SEOUL, South Korea — When North Korea blamed President Park Geun-hye’s “venomous swish of skirt” this week for tensions on the Korean Peninsula, it brought up an issue that had been mainly unremarked upon in South Korea: Would their leader’s gender color the latest confrontation between the Koreas? The…

This morning on Morning Joe political talk show, seven mayors were featured including two women mayors, Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Santa Monica Mayor Pam O’Connor. NBC News- NEW YORK — New York City’s billionaire mayor is using his personal fortune to try to spark innovation in the nation’s cities — inviting 1,300 mayors to compete for millions…

By Jennifer Medina, New York Times -LOS ANGELES — After finishing first and second in Tuesday’s nonpartisan mayoral primary, City Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel will face each other in a May 21 runoff to take over a city that faces a $216 million budget gap and rising pension costs that could…

By MAGGIE HABERMAN, POLITICO – Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett once said women who didn’t want to view images of a fetus they were seeking to abort could simply close their eyes. His potential 2014 opponent, Democratic Rep. Allyson Schwartz, worked for a family planning clinic for more than a dozen years. The “war on…

By Howard Fineman, Huffington Post – LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ashley Judd, the 44-year-old actress and social activist, has told key advisers and political figures that she is planning to announce her candidacy for U.S. Senate here this spring. Judd told one close ally that she plans to announce her run for the Democratic nomination for…

By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen.com– The Oscar nominated film, The Invisible War, tells the personal stories of shame, humiliation and trauma of women who were raped while serving in the United States Military. The statistics are startling and attacks even worse when women risking their lives to serve their country are subject to the trauma…

ABC News – Lauren Silberman will become the first woman in history  to try out for the NFL when the kicker participates today in the New York Jets’ regional combine. “It would be a lifelong dream come true,” Silberman told ABC News. The 28-year-old New Yorker said she hopes her powerful foot will impress the…

Collectively, female veterans are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, New York Times – LOS ANGELES — In the caverns of her memory, Tiffany Jackson recalls the job she held, fleetingly, after leaving the military, when she still wore stylish flats and blouses with butterfly collars and worked in a…