Posts Tagged ‘women in politics’
Minnesota’s Melisa Franzen Launches Campaign for State Senate
Edina Minnesota resident Melisa Franzen announced today she is kicking off her campaign for State Senate. She currently resides in Senate District 41 and won the DFL (Democrtic-Farmer-Labor Party) endorsement caucus on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Franzen, who is an attorney at Target Corporation, plans a straight forward, common sense campaign approach for the 2012…
Read MoreOhio State Senator Nina Turner Says Men Need Medical Information Before Taking Viagra
ProgressOhioOrg – Bill modeled after similar legislation to help women make informed decisions (Columbus) -State Senator Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) announced legislation today that would protect men in Ohio from the risks of PDE-5 inhibitors, drugs commonly used to treat symptoms of impotence. Turner’s legislation would include provisions to document that the symptoms are not psychological in…
Read MoreMaking History: Indiana State House Recognizes First Female African-Am.Woman Mayor in Indiana
Indiana -Representatives Vernon Smith and Charlie Brown recognized Karen Freeman-Wilson as the first female African American mayor in the State of Indiana with a resolution presented today in the Indiana State House of Representatives. Freeman-Wilson won her election this past November and became the first female mayor of Gary Indiana. Before November’s election, only 11 of Indiana’s…
Read MoreAdvocate for Gay Rights, Idaho Senator Nicole LeFavour Won’t Seek Re-election
By William Yardley, The New York Times – BOISE, Idaho — Lawmakers next door in Washington State just voted to legalizesame-sex marriage. Here, they will not allow a bill to be formally filed that would protect gay people from basic forms of discrimination in areas like education, employment, public services and real estate transactions. Next door,…
Read MoreMO Rep. Stacey Newman – Turnabout is fair play
By Paul Friswold, Riverfront Times – Well, well, well. The birth-control debate has finally come to our swimsuit areas, gentlemen. Yesterday Missouri State Representative Stacey Newman (D-St. Louis County) filed HB1853, which would only allow a man to have a vasectomy when doing so would protect him from serious injury or prevent his death. Ah, the legislation’s on…
Read MoreMaine Senator Olympia Snowe Will Not Seek Re-election
After 18 years, U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) is retiring. Often a swing vote in the Senate, Olympia Snowe has worked on numerous bi-partisan measures and voted along with all the women in Senate to support Barack Obama’s first major pieces of legislation as president, The Lilly Ledbetter equal pay act. Following is a statement…
Read MoreWomen Leaders Launch National Campaign To Double Number of Women in Politics
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine – Political Parity, a nonpartisan initiative of 51 women leaders, held a briefing and roundtable announcing a new national campaign to double the number of women in the U.S. House and Senate and among Governors. Leading the initiative are former US Ambassador to Austria Swanee Hunt and former Lt.…
Read MoreWhere are the Women? In deed–not talk!
By Paula Xanthopoulou – President Barack Obama is the the de facto head of the Democratic Party — he calls the shots, and picked Debbie Wasserman Schultz to chair the Democratic National Committee. It is allegedly against Democratic Party rules for the party to support/endorse one Democrat over another in a primary. And any time the…
Read MoreAmerican Politics: Where are all the Women?
By Rebecca Thomas – Politics, in every country, has historically been a man’s game. Although the representation of women in political office has increased worldwide since World War II, it is still far from the 50-50 representation that perhaps we might expect to see in an egalitarian society. Women are, of course, under-represented in all…
Read MoreSILENCED AGAIN: Missouri Women Not Allowed to Speak During Birth Control Debate
MO Representatives speak up after being ignored in the House. Edited from the article from JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX) – Seven female representatives voiced outrage at being ignored for over 2 hours by Republican House leadership during a House floor discussion on a resolution to President Barack Obama’s contraception mandate. The House debated a resolution (HCR41) Wednesday that…
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