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Cultivating Women Leaders for the Future
By Kathy Groob, Publisher – Future leaders were in abundance at this week’s Young Democrats of America convention this week in Louisville, Kentucky. I spoke for an hour to over 75 bright, energetic and engaged women who are seeking the path to success and leadership in their careers and political lives. These women get it.…
Read MoreElizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate?
As Familiar Face Contemplates Senate Run, Democrats Weigh Possibilities New York Times — Elizabeth Warren might still be weeks away from deciding whether she wants to run for the United States Senate. But with the news last week that Ms. Warren would be returning to Massachusetts, where she teaches law at Harvard, a sound-bite war about…
Read MoreNo longer a disadvantage to being a women candidate
Research shows 2010 was a turning point for women candidates By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine When Barbara Lee began her research to study the relationship between gender and campaigns for women governors, it was 1998 and there was clear data showing that female candidates held a distinct disadvantage. Not so now, says Barbara Lee,…
Read MoreCongresswoman Kathy Hochul Recognizes New York Women Soccer Stars
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Kathy Hochul congratulated the United States Womens Soccer Team on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for their amazing performance in the World Cup. Two of the team’s stars have roots in Western New York: Abby Wambach was born and raised in Rochester and Alex Morgan plays for the…
Read MoreJanice Hahn Sworn In to House of Representatives
New York Times – House Speaker John Boehner conducted a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday for Representative Janice Hahn, with her daughter, Kathy Yates, and her grandchildren Josiah Yates, 5, and Brooklyn Yates, 6. The House of Representatives welcomed its 433rd member on Tuesday when Janice Hahn was sworn in, one week after her special election…
Read MoreNeed a Campaign Slogan? No Problem
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine Finding the right message and boiling it down to a three-word slogan is no longer a difficult early campaign task. The website Winyourcampaign.com offers lists of free slogan ideas with just a click of a mouse. Categories of slogans include themes like change/results; experience/trust; town/community; choice/vote/elect and school/law enforcement.…
Read MoreIs Politics in the Future for America’s Women Soccer Stars?
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine While Americans celebrate the strong U.S. Women’s Soccer team’s accomplishments during the World Cup tournament, the team members’ legacy could one day become more than just about sports. Men’s athletics has produced not only world champions and modern day heroes, but a host of politicians have emerged from the…
Read MorePolitical logos define campaigns
(CNN) — Candidates can only be in one place at one time, but their logos can be anywhere. The carefully-crafted designs represent a candidate’s brand, attempting to capture a multi-million dollar campaign in a symbol simple enough to fit on a button. “Logos are that first handshake with a voter,” said Ty Fujimura, a graphic…
Read MoreWill America Kill the Equal Rights Amendment?
By Barbara Hannah Grufferman – I wrote an article last week — “From Hope to History: It’s Time to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment” — that generated hundreds of comments and thousands of shares. Why? Many readers were dismayed and confused to learn that this simply worded sentence is still not in the U.S. Constitution, even…
Read MoreRemembering the Life of Betty Ford – Advocate, Woman of Courage
CNN — Betty Ford, the widow of late President Gerald Ford and a co-founder of an eponymous addiction center in California, has died at the age of 93, according to the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. Ford died Friday evening with family at her bedside, according to a family member.…
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