Posts Tagged ‘women in politics’
JUST IN: Elizabeth Warren Forms Exploratory Committee to Challenge Scott Brown for Senate Seat
Huffington Post – Elizabeth Warren, the former Obama adviser and consumer protection advocate,launched an exploratory committee Thursday, the next step toward a possible Senate challenge to Scott Brown (R-Mass.). Warren, who returned to her post at Harvard Law School after helping create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has been recruited by Democrats in the Bay State…
Read MoreGeorgia’s Miriam Paris Wins Special Election for Senate
The career of one of Middle Georgia’s longest-serving politicians is over — at least for now. Former Macon City Council President Miriam Paris ended former state Rep. David Lucas’ 37 years of political service with an unofficial 12,950-10,220 vote victory in Tuesday’s runoff in the special election for the District 26 state Senate seat formerly…
Read MoreName it. Change it. Responds to Sexist Newsweek Coverage of Michele Bachmann
The following letter to the editor was sent to Newsweek Magazine: On behalf of the Women’s Campaign Forum Foundation (WCF Foundation) and the Women’s Media Center, we are writing to express our disappointment with the sexist nature of your August 15th coverage of presidential candidate and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06). As organizations committed to eliminating…
Read More“Mom, you’ve got to do this” – daughters encouraged candidate to run
By Kathy Groob, Publisher – While Linda Newell (D-Colorado) was scrambling to find a candidate for an open Colorado senate seat, she did not consider the job for herself. It was only after the party was unable to find someone else that officials came to her saying “why don’t you run?” Ultimately it was Linda Newell’s…
Read MoreCongressional 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…
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