By Marlo Thomas, Huffington Post – We’ve been talking about our hopes for a woman president since… well, since as long as I can remember. And for much of that time —…

By JODI RUDOREN – New York Times – JERUSALEM — Ten women, including two American rabbis, were detained by the Israeli police on Monday for praying at the Western Wall wearing prayer shawls that…

By Annie-Rose Strasser and Adam Peck The Violence Against Women Act reauthorization passed through the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, by a vote of 78 to 22. Of those opposing the legislation, all 22 were Republican…

Roll Call – Rep. Allyson Y.  Schwartz, D-Pa., is increasingly close to jumping into the gubernatorial race. “She’s 80 percent of the way in,” Marcel Groen, the longtime Montgomery County Democratic Party chairman,…

By Herminia Ibarra for HBR Blog- IMF head Christine Lagarde tells a story about a woman leader she met who took over at a tough moment in her country’s history and resolved to be…

By Meghan Groob, Media Relations Associate, ACLU  Last week, the Obama administration released a proposed rule implementing the requirement that insurance plans cover birth control as part of “Obamacare.” The proposal implements an…

Huffington Post – CHICAGO — Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of complications from pneumonia at a Virginia hospital, according to a family friend. Mel Blackwell…