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Super Committee’s Failure: Only One Woman at the Table
By Amanda Terkel for Huffington Post – Women comprise more than half of the population of the United States. Yet Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will be the only woman sitting on the new, powerful “super Congress,” a 12-member committee responsible for coming up with a plan to cut at least $1.5 trillion from the federal…
Read MorePINK POLITICS is the Must-Read Book For Women Candidates
PINK POLITICS is the Woman’s Practical Guide to Winning Elections Covington, KY—Political consultant, publisher and founder of ElectWomen Magazine, Kentucky-native Kathy Groob tells of her own experiences as a candidate and offers strategies for winning in her new book PINK POLITICS – The Woman’s Practical Guide to Winning Elections. The book gets to the heart…
Read MoreMika Excluded From The Men’s Club on Morning Joe
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – Many of us begin our days with a cup of joe and the morning news. Lately, while enjoying my cup of joe, Morning Joe is getting under my skin. A self-confessed political junkie, I watch and listen to Morning Joe each day while exercising, getting dressed and eating…
Read MoreIt’s Sunday Night. Will The Good Wife Be Late Again?
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – My favorite television show is the political/feminist/bad boy drama, The Good Wife. But while this season has shown us a whole new bolder side to Alecia (Julianna Margulies), it has come with a huge dose of frustration. Every Sunday evening, The Good Wife has been airing up to 30 minutes…
Read MoreCAWP Election Analysis: Women Fell Short
Courtesy of The Center for American Women & Politics After Legislative Elections in Four States, Number of Women Remains Stuck – Women Edge Upward in Statewide Offices; Women of Color Gain in NJ Women failed to gain ground in the 2011 state legislative elections, according to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit…
Read MoreTUESDAY ELECTION STORIES: Missouri Woman Bucks the System and Wins
By Kathy Groob, Publisher of ElectWomen Magazine – Tracy McCreery didn’t let her local Democratic Party shut her out of an opportunity to run in a special election that was held Tuesday to fill an open House seat in St. Louis County Missouri. No primary was scheduled when the House seat was vacated; it was left…
Read MoreTHE WINNERS (updated)
WINNING WOMEN CANDIDATES Alison Lundergan Grimes of Kentucky her election for Secretary of State. New Jersey – Janice Kovach was elected mayor of Clinton New Jersey. Several women won seats in the state’s General Assembly. Visit the Center for American and Women and Politics for women candidates’ results. http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/elections/candidates_2011.php Cincinnati City Council – Vice Mayor…
Read MoreWhen the results come in on Tuesday, Akron City Council could be all men
By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer – When results from the Nov. 8 election are tallied, Akron City Council could end up with no female representation. It’s more likely that council will have one or two women, but even that would be significantly fewer than the four out of 13 seats women claimed from 2007 until…
Read MoreWomen To Watch on Election Day
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – Tuesday, November 8th is Election Day for local and state elections in several states. Kentucky is holding statewide elections, and two women are vying to keep at least one female holding statewide office in the Bluegrass state. Mississippi is holding statewide and legislative races and feature several women running…
Read More2011 Global Gender Gap Report: The Best (And Worst) Countries For Women
Huffington Post – If you’ve been itching to take a sabbatical overseas, now may be the time to up and move to Iceland. That’s right, friends: That not-actually-so-icy isle may be the best country in the world to be a working woman, according to the World Economic Forum’s newly released 2011 Global Gender Gap Report.…
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