Posts Tagged ‘women in politics’
Elizabeth Warren Out as Consumer Watchdog – Man In
By Elizabeth Warren for The Huffington Post -This is a big week for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Today, the President will announce his intent to nominate Richard Cordray to serve as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On Thursday, the CFPB makes its transition from a start-up to a real,…
Read MoreIs Politics in the Future for America’s Women Soccer Stars?
By Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine While Americans celebrate the strong U.S. Women’s Soccer team’s accomplishments during the World Cup tournament, the team members’ legacy could one day become more than just about sports. Men’s athletics has produced not only world champions and modern day heroes, but a host of politicians have emerged from the…
Read MoreLA Councilwoman Janice Hahn Wins Special Election – Heads to Washington
Los Angeles City Councilwoman, Janice Hahn (D) won her special election yesterday for California’s 36th Congressional District. Hahn won handily by a 54-45% margin. She succeeds Democrat Jane Harman, who resigned to run a Washington think tank, in California’s 36th District. Women have won both open seat Congressional elections in 2011 bringing the current total back to…
Read MorePolitical logos define campaigns
(CNN) — Candidates can only be in one place at one time, but their logos can be anywhere. The carefully-crafted designs represent a candidate’s brand, attempting to capture a multi-million dollar campaign in a symbol simple enough to fit on a button. “Logos are that first handshake with a voter,” said Ty Fujimura, a graphic…
Read MoreAnother state defunds Planned Parenthood
Huffington Post – Until July 1, a low-income New Hampshire woman paid an average of $5 to fill a birth control pill prescription at any of the state’s six Planned Parenthood clinics. She might have even gotten the birth control for free, depending on her poverty level. But since the New Hampshire Executive Council voted to…
Read MoreWill America Kill the Equal Rights Amendment?
By Barbara Hannah Grufferman – I wrote an article last week — “From Hope to History: It’s Time to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment” — that generated hundreds of comments and thousands of shares. Why? Many readers were dismayed and confused to learn that this simply worded sentence is still not in the U.S. Constitution, even…
Read MoreRemembering the Life of Betty Ford – Advocate, Woman of Courage
CNN — Betty Ford, the widow of late President Gerald Ford and a co-founder of an eponymous addiction center in California, has died at the age of 93, according to the director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. Ford died Friday evening with family at her bedside, according to a family member.…
Read MoreKidnap Victim Elizabeth Smart to Join ABC News
The Daily Beast – Elizabeth Smart first came into our consciousness nearly a decade ago as a 14-year-old girl kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom. She was found alive nine months later, some 18 miles from her home, and the man and woman who seized her were ultimately convicted. Now The Daily Beast has learned…
Read MoreNew Zealand CEO Blames Menstruation for Lack of Equal Pay
MSNBC – The head of a business group has been fired after asserting that menstruation makes women less productive in the workplace than men. Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of New Zealand’s Employers and Manufacturers Association, made the comments during a radio debate. The BBC reported that Thompson sparked controversy by suggesting that women earned less…
Read MorePresident Obama Appoints First Openly Gay Woman to West Point Advisory Board
Huffington Post – President Barack Obama has named Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, making her the first openly gay or lesbian person to serve there. Fulton is an army veteran who graduated from West Point in 1980, part of the first class to…
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