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Wyoming Women in Politics Conference
BUILDING EQUALITY IN THE EQUALITY STATE Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus Hosts Leadership Event Cheyenne, WY – The bipartisan Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus is encouraging women to express themselves and increase their leadership roles in the Equality State, where the number of women in the state Legislature dropped by 26 percent in 2009. The Caucus will…
Read MorePresident Obama Signs Equal Pay Bill Today
Obama Signs First Piece of Legislation Lilly Ledbetter Act Makes It Easier for Workers to Sue for Pay Discrimination By Debbi Wilgoren and Amy Goldstein –Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, January 29, 2009 President Obama this morning signed a law that expanded the time frame in which workers can sue for discrimination they have experienced based…
Read MoreColorado Takes Lead in Female Legislators
Colorado takes lead in female legislators Hank Lacey, Castle Rock Getting sworn in on Feb. 13 as a member of Colorado’s House of Representatives was a big day for Karen Middleton and her family. It’s also a big day for all Colorado women. You see, once Middleton took the Aurora seat to which she was…
Read MoreComing Up Short as a Role Model for the Mommy Track
By SUSAN DOMINUS – Big City Back in 1993, a young woman named Shannon Faulkner filed suit against the Citadel, then an all-male military college, after it accepted her application only to reverse course upon learning her sex. Ms. Faulkner, who prevailed in the lawsuit, was championed and feted by theNational Organization for Women and women’s magazines and…
Read MoreDoes a Glass Ceiling Persist in Politics?
Does a Glass Ceiling Persist in Politics? Kennedy’s Withdrawal Illustrates a Double Standard, Some Say By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer With her abrupt exit this week from consideration for the Senate, Caroline Kennedy added her name to a growing list: women who have sought the nation’s highest offices only to face…
Read MoreThe Good News About New York’s Senate Seat
by Madeleine M. Kunin, blog, Jan 23, 2009 The good news is that a woman, and a young woman, at that, has been appointed to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat. Kirsten Gillibrand is a good choice on many counts, in addition to her gender. She comes from upper New York State which seems to be…
Read MoreNY Governor Patterson Selects Woman to Fill Clinton’s Senate Seat
Today, January 23, 2009, New York Governor David Patterson appointed U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In a very gracious speech, Gillibrand accept the honor. Representative Gillibrand was a member of the Blue Dog Democrats while serving her single term in Congress. The 42-year-old…
Read MoreAchieving Success With Campaign Emails
Keeping Political Email out of the Junk Inbox Benjamin Katz Effective communication has always been the key to a successful election campaign and in the electronic age, email has increasingly emerged as an efficient, low-cost medium for doing just that. Unfortunately, if your campaign staff is not sufficiently aware of the pitfalls posed by…
Read MoreWas 2008 the Year of the Woman?
A mixed bag for women this election year By JOCELYN NOVECK NEW YORK (AP) — Depending on your political tastes, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sarah Palin or even Tina Fey could be considered Woman of the Year. But here’s the harder question: Was this the Year of the Woman? Some touted it as such, and in…
Read More111th Congress – Still a Long Way to Go for Women
Women Statistics on the 111th Congress (2009-2010)* Senate · 100 Members · 16 Women · Women represent 16% · Women in leadership – Democrats (4) Republicans (0) House of Representatives · 435 Members (voting) · 72 Women · Women represent 17% · Women in leadership – Democrats (2) Republicans (1) States with no female Senators…
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