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Planned Parenthood to Have Presence at Dem Convention
As the Democrats begin their week at the national convention in Charlotte North Carolina, Planned Parenthood will be well represented with activists and with prominent speakers. Just wrapping up their Women are Watching Bus Tour, supporters of Planned Parenthood will shift their focus now on electing pro-choice, pro-women candidates. From Planned Parenthood’s website: This past…
Read MoreWomen Rock Political Conventions
By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen Founder– Women are topic number one during this week’s Republican convention. Courting the female vote, keynote speaker Governor Chris Christie spoke at length about his mother’s strong influence on his life. During Ann Romney’s speech on opening night, she shouted, “I love you women!” Prominent female speakers excited the crowds on…
Read MorePINK POLITICS Message Comes To West Virginia
Author Kathy Groob to Speak at the West Virginia Federation of Democratic Women’s Annual Meeting Covington, KY—Political consultant, founder of ElectWomen, Kentucky-native Kathy Groob will be speaking this weekend at the West Virginia Federation of Democratic Women’s annual meeting in Charleston, WVa. Groob will speak at a dinner on Saturday evening, August 25, 2012. Tapping…
Read MoreDemocrats Announce 10 Speakers for National Convention – 10 Women!
Huffington Post – The Democratic National Convention Committee Wednesday announced a lineup of convention speakers who will further solidify the party’s standing with female voters. The list, passed along by a source from the committee, includes the following names: Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans, Affairs Tammy Duckworth. Sandra Fluke,…
Read More2012 Project Marches On. Recording-setting primary victories for women.
The 2012 Project/Center for American Women and Politics – With primaries completed in most states, a record 154 women have been nominated for US House races in November. That total blows past the previous record of 141 nominees set in 2004 – with 10 more primaries still to come! Regional Summits The 2012 Project and…
Read MoreHigh School Freshman Tells the Truth on Women in Politics
Why America Needs More Young Democratic Women by Guest Blogger Emily Spangler, high school freshman It’s 2012, yet women’s health is being threatened by bad legislation, the percentage of women in Congress stands at an appallingly low number of 16.8 percent and women politicians are still judged on what they look like rather than what they have…
Read MoreSandra Fluke Hits Campaign Trail with President Obama
POLITICO- The Georgetown law student famously insulted by Rush Limbaugh for backing insurance coverage of birth control will introduce President Obama at an event in Denver on Wednesday, a campaign official confirms to POLITICO. Sandra Fluke, whom Limbaugh called a “slut,” will introduce Obama at a campaign rally at Auraria Campus. The event is one of several…
Read MoreWhy are Women Struggling to Get and Stay Elected?
Interviewed by POLITICO’s Andrea Drusch – Andrea Mitchell,Host, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports There are a lot of challenges for women. It was really brought home recently by the online controversy over the new CEO at Yahoo. People were so surprised that, my god, she’s pregnant. In 2012, we are finding people worried about whether a…
Read MoreWomen Candidates For State Legislature Fight To Increase Representation
By Amanda Terkel for Huffington Post – WASHINGTON — While women are on track to increase their representation in Congress, their prospects are less certain in state legislatures. A record 1,078 women have won their primaries for state legislative seats in the 2012 cycle so far, according to a new analysis by the 2012 Project,…
Read MoreFlorida Women’s Convention Starts This Week
ElectWomen founder and Pink Politics author Kathy Groob will be a featured speaker this week at the Florida Democratic Women’s Club annual convention in Tallahassee. Several elected officials will be on the speaking agenda as well. Three days packed full of workshops, meetings and speakers will ignite Florida’s Democratic women as they prepare for the…
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