Female Candidates Line up for 2010
By: Josh Kraushaar for Politico A slew of formidable female candidates, mostly Democrats, are lining up to run for the Senate in 2010, enough to raise the prospect of a surge…
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The Celluloid Ceiling
by Martha M. Lauzen, Ph.D., School of Communication, San Diego State University In 2006, women comprised 15% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250…
Read MoreCandidate Interview: New Ohio State Legislator Connie Pillich
ElectWomen.com contributor Vicki Prichard sat down in a television interview for Intercommunity Cable’s Community Report with Ohio’s new State Representative Connie Pillich. Pillich was elected in November 2008 and has just begun…
Read MoreFrozen River: Oscar’s 2009 Cinderella Story
By Melissa Silverstein, Women’s Media Center Hollywood decides to tangle with a film dedicated to poverty and desperation, directed by a woman. Amazing. Courtney Hunt was sitting in her house in Columbia County…
Read MoreMeet North Carolina’s First Woman Governor, Beverly Perdue
North Carolina elected Beverly Perdue (D) as its first female governor on November 4th, 2008. A former hospital administrator, Beverly entered politics in 1986 when she was elected to the North…
Read MoreJennifer Brunner for U.S. Senate
A top Democratic Ohio State official Tuesday threw her hat into the ring in the race to fill retiring U.S. Sen. George Voinovich’s seat in 2010. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer…
Read MoreFemale Candidate Fights for Women’s Healthcare
Sara Feigenholtz took bold steps today when she vowed to fight for mandatory coverage of mammograms for all women 40 an older. Feigenholtz is one of two women running in the primary…
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Why Elect Women? Statistics Tell the Story.
Published today on Politics Magazine Online Politics Magazine is featuring a story written by ElectWomen.com publisher, Kathy Groob about the need to elect more women to political offices. Link to full…
Read MoreOhio Woman Enters Race for U.S. Senate
A top Democratic Ohio State official Tuesday threw her hat into the ring in the race to fill retiring U.S. Sen. George Voinovich’s seat in 2010. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner…
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