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Advocate for Gay Rights, Idaho Senator Nicole LeFavour Won’t Seek Re-election
By William Yardley, The New York Times – BOISE, Idaho — Lawmakers next door in Washington State just voted to legalizesame-sex marriage. Here, they will not allow a bill to be formally filed that would protect gay people from basic forms of discrimination in areas like education, employment, public services and real estate transactions. Next door,…
Read MoreWomen Make Less Than Men at Every Education Level
From GOOD by Amanda Hess – In every field, at every level of education, men earn more than women. That’s the grim takeaway of this new report [PDF] from the U.S. Census Bureau, which assesses the value of a higher education in the United States—and illustrates the persistent pay gap between male and female employees who hold comparable degrees. In short, education…
Read MoreMaine Senator Olympia Snowe Will Not Seek Re-election
After 18 years, U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) is retiring. Often a swing vote in the Senate, Olympia Snowe has worked on numerous bi-partisan measures and voted along with all the women in Senate to support Barack Obama’s first major pieces of legislation as president, The Lilly Ledbetter equal pay act. Following is a statement…
Read MoreWomen Leaders Launch National Campaign To Double Number of Women in Politics
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – Political Parity, a nonpartisan initiative of 51 women leaders, held a briefing and roundtable announcing a new national campaign to double the number of women in the U.S. House and Senate and among Governors. Leading the initiative are former US Ambassador to Austria Swanee Hunt and former Lt.…
Read MoreAmerican Politics: Where are all the Women?
By Rebecca Thomas – Politics, in every country, has historically been a man’s game. Although the representation of women in political office has increased worldwide since World War II, it is still far from the 50-50 representation that perhaps we might expect to see in an egalitarian society. Women are, of course, under-represented in all…
Read MoreSILENCED AGAIN: Missouri Women Not Allowed to Speak During Birth Control Debate
MO Representatives speak up after being ignored in the House. Edited from the article from JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX) – Seven female representatives voiced outrage at being ignored for over 2 hours by Republican House leadership during a House floor discussion on a resolution to President Barack Obama’s contraception mandate. The House debated a resolution (HCR41) Wednesday that…
Read MoreElizabeth Warren’s Race for Senate Tightens Up
Democrat Elizabeth Warren is neck and neck with Republican Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The poll, conducted by Massachusetts think tank MassINC for the Boston NPR station WBUR, finds that 46 percent of likely voters in the state said they would vote for Warren, while…
Read MoreCarolyn Maloney, Eleanor Holmes Norton walk out of contraception hearing
POLITICO – Two female Democratic lawmakers walked out of a House hearing on the Obama administration’s contraception compromise Thursday morning to protest the fact that only male witnesses were testifying. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) left the hearing when House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) refused to…
Read More8 Most Memorable Vote Promoters Who Weren’t Even Registered
Courtesy of Online Certificate Programs – Celebrities and other high-profile figures use their name to promote political campaigns and encourage people to get out and vote. But even with all the advertisements and endorsements, many of these vote promoters don’t make it to the polls, or get registered for that matter. Check out these eight…
Read MoreUse Facebook to urge Facebook to put women on its board of directors
By Moira Forbes, ForbesWoman – The world’s most highly anticipated IPO is also calling attention to a problem that continues to plague corporate America: the lack of women on boards. Scheduled to go public in May, Facebook was founded on innovation and disruptive thinking – but the company has yet to appoint one woman to its seven-person board…
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