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Why we need women in the war zone
by Kim Barker for The New York Times -THOUSANDS of men blocked the road, surrounding the S.U.V. of the chief justice of Pakistan, a national hero for standing up to military rule. As a correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, I knew I couldn’t just watch from behind a car window. I had to get out…
Read MoreFemale Lawmakers Carry the Banner for Gun Control
By Sharon Johnson,WeNews senior correspondent Gun-control bills authored by Carolyn McCarthy and Barbara Boxer have been gaining co-sponsors in the aftermath of the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. Chicago’s Jan Schakowsky calls the congressional gender gap a major hurdle in limiting firearms. Republicans and conservative Democrats have ambushed bills limiting firearms since 1994, but two veteran…
Read MoreKentucky Celebrating Two Women in Statewide Office – at the Same Time
By Kathy Groob, Publisher While not exactly history making, it is big news that Kentucky has two women serving in statewide, constitutional, office at the same time. Thanks to an appointment by Governor Steve Beshear (D-Dawson Springs), former Bowling Green Mayor Elaine Walker assumed the office of Secretary of State on Saturday, January 29, 2011. …
Read MoreSenate women’s civility pact
by Erika Lovely, Politico – It’s something you almost never see in Senate politics: one female senator attacking another, even when they’re on opposite sides of an issue. Among the 17 female senators, it amounts to an informal nonaggression pact. In the male-dominated, tradition-bound Senate chamber, their desire to recapture a long lost sense of…
Read MoreWhy Female Politicians are More Effective
Newsweek – Some dubbed it “The Year of the Woman.” But despite “mama grizzly” talk and a crop of high-profile female candidates, last year’s elections resulted in no net additions to the female ranks of the Senate and, for the first time since 1978, a net loss in the House. In fact, more than 90…
Read MorePartners and Allies: Emerge America Convenes Women Leaders for Common Mission
By Kathy Groob, Publisher In Washington, D.C. this week during the annual Emerge America conference, President Karen Middleton convened a panel of top women advocates and organizations centered on the theme of building new relationships among the various pro-electing women’s national organizations. “There is a role to play where we all interlock; where we can…
Read MoreCongresswoman Terri Sewell Elected President of Democratic Freshman Class in Congress
Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell Elected President of the Democratic Freshman Class of the 112th Congress – Was Appointed Senior Whip by House Democratic Whip and Also Elected as a Regional Whip WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (AL-7) was elected by her fellow freshman Democratic members to serve as the President of their Freshman Class…
Read MoreWomen take reins of power in Latin America, but not in the U.S.
By Teo Ballve, The Progressive –The inauguration of Brazil’s first female president is a stark reminder that the United States lags far behind its Latin American neighbors in electing women to power. Dilma Rousseff took Brazil’s presidential oath on Jan. 1, becoming the leader of Latin America’s largest and most powerful country. Long stereotyped for…
Read MoreThe Shooting of Congresswoman Giffords: What does it mean for women?
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine The horror of the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona transcends gender, race and all of our other culturally diverse groups in the United States. However, when one the few women who currently serve in Congress is taken down by a fellow citizen, it causes tremendous shock…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Congresswoman Giffords Shot in the Head – Condition Very Grave
Physicians at University Hospital in Tuscon, Arizona are reporting that Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Tuscon) is expected to live despite being shot through the head in a shooting at approximately 10 a.m. outside a grocery store in Tuscon. Rep. Giffords is married and began her service in Congress in 2007. She is the first Jewish woman…
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