Posts Tagged ‘elect women’
Congressional Democrats Looking for “Three of a Kind” Win With Kate Marshall in Nevada
By Kathy Groob, Publisher – With a victory in September, Kate Marshall (D-Reno) could become the third Democratic woman to win a special election this year by running on a pro-Medicare and pro-jobs agenda in a heavily red congressional district. Nevada Democrats are betting on State Treasurer Kate Marshall to pull an upset in the…
Read MoreComing Monday, Aug. 15 – HBO Special Premiere About the Life of Gloria Steinem
HBO will premiere its documentary about the life of Gloria Steinem and the birth of the feminist movement in America on Monday, August 15, 2011 at 9 p.m. EST. Gloria is an activist and writer who has been a leader in the social justice and feminist movements since the early 1960’s. A co-founder of MS…
Read MoreThe Shocking Truth for Thirty Percent of Divorced Women
By Jennifer Gauvain for The Huffington Post – It was the day she had dreamed about. Standing barefoot at sunset, “Joni” (a former client of mine whose name I have changed) stood looking at the man she was about to marry. She planned the perfect wedding–a fairytale. There was one hitch–as she looked into her…
Read MoreWhy Don’t We Have More Women in Public Office? Look at Who’s Running the Campaigns
By Yashar Ali for Huffington Post – Every election season, I ask myself the same question: Why aren’t more women running for public office? Over the past ten years, I have been hopeful for the prospect and rise of women political candidates. While I never studied the numbers, I felt like we were heading in…
Read MoreIf there aren’t enough women running in California, we’re in trouble
By Kathy Groob, Publisher – Even in California, where 19 women serve in Congress and both United States Senators are women, there are fewer women running for office than in the past. Emerge California Executive Director Kimberly Ellis is working to recruit and train more women to run for public office. “Politics is considered a blood…
Read MoreGiffords Returns to Congress, No Word on Whether She Will Run in 2012
ABC News – Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has made no decision about whether she’ll run for re-election to Congress, rumors and news reports to the contrary, her spokesman said this morning. “The congresswoman is focused on her recovery,” the spokesman said. “Nothing has changed.” Giffords, D-Ariz., returned to Congress Monday night for the first time since being shot in the…
Read MoreObama Administration: Health Insurers Must Cover Birth Control With No Copays
Huffington Post – Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching implications for health care as well as social mores. The requirement is part of a broad expansion of coverage for women’s preventive care under President Barack Obama’s health…
Read MoreIs ABC Quickly Becoming the Network for Women?
ABC announced that Katie Couric would join the network to host a new talk show and conduct news features. Couric recently resigned from CBS Nightly News as the first female anchor of a major news network program. Couric joins other strong female journalists now working at ABC – Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Christiane Amanpour.…
Read MoreCultivating 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…
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