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Elena Kagan's Effect on the Supreme Court by Mary Kate Cary - http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/08/04/elena-kagans-effect-on-the-supreme-court.htmlAugust 4, 2010
As Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court moves to a full Senate vote, the conventional wisdo...
 
My Favorite August by Gail Collins - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/opinion/14collins.html?_r=3August 13, 2010
The story in American history I most like to tell is the one about how women got the right to vote 9...
 
'Lifesaver' Job Funds at Risk for Low-Income Women - http://womensenews.org/August 3, 2010
A federal program to create jobs for low-income people during the recession could run out if Congres...
 
Nancy Keenan Responds to Newsweek Article on Young Pro-Choice Activists - Blog for Choice April 21, 2010
The article from this week's edition of Newsweek, authored by Sarah Kliff, generated a lot of health...
 
Payback for Prochoicers - April 5, 2010
If healthcare reform becomes law, you can thank prochoicers. In the end, forced to decide between sa...
 
Female "person of the year" - Salon - By Kate HardingThursday, December 17, 2009
Since Time hasn't given a woman that honor since 1986, we asked some feminist writers for their pick...
 
The real women's issues - Seattle TimesFriday, March 13, 2009
These days are filled with women from whom the TV can't turn away.
The one with the 14 kids, no job...
 
Discord likely over ratifying women's rights pact - CEDAW - March 7, 2009
NEW YORK A global women's rights treaty completed 30 years ago has a better-than-ever chance for U....
 
President Obama wisely kills abortion "global gag rule" - Seattle TimesMonday, Jan 26, 2009
President Obama signed an executive order ending the ban on federal funding for international groups...
 
Feminism, post-election - LA TimesNovember 9, 2008
Sexism persists; witness Clinton's treatment and Palin's nomination.
By Vivian Gornick

For a se...
 
Sayonara - chicagotribune.comNovember 10, 2008
In which we bid a fond farewell to Sarah Palin, God's gift to journalism and feminism—sort of

Kat...
 
Through the Eyes of Women: Governor Gregoire’s Top 20 - August 27, 2008
1) Leading with Women
51% of Governor Gregoire’s Cabinet members are women- the highest percentage ...
 
Palin: wrong woman, wrong message - September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only yo...
 
THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS WILL NOT ENDORSE GOVERNOR PALIN - August 30, 2008
Washington, D.C. The National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) announced today that NWPC will not be ...
 
Study: Women rise in state government leadership - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110ap_women_in_government.htmlAugust 12, 2008
Study: Women rise in state government leadership

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The number of women in state gov...
 
Pay Remains a Gender Bender by G. Scott Thomas - June 12, 2008
"Equal pay for equal work." That phrase has been federal law for nearly half a century, ever since e...
 
Women in the Running by Maya Schenwar - t r u t h o u t | ReportThursday 08 May 2008
Whether or not we elect a female president this year, the US has a long way to go when it comes to...
 
Political ambition lost in gender gap by Ruth Marcus - Washington PostMay 29, 2008
WASHINGTON -- As Hillary Clinton cracks her head against what she likes to call "the highest and har...
 
The 'Not Clinton' Excuse by Marie Cocco - Washington PostThursday, May 22, 2008
A woman? Yes. But not that woman.

It is the platitude of the moment, an automatic rejoinder to an...
 
Goodbye To All That (#2) by Robin Morgan - February 2, 2008
Goodbye To All That” was my (in)famous 1970 essay breaking free from a politics of accommodation esp...
 
Women are Never Front Runners - New York TimesJanuary 8, 2008
By GLORIA STEINEM

THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer...
 
What are we waiting for? - October 2007 Newsletter
Dear Members and Friends?

The other day my niece asked me why I support Hillary Clinton for Presi...
 
New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer

Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new ...
 
Dearth of Women in Some Area City Councils, Survey Shows - Press Release -3/25/07
Dearth of Women in Some Area City Councils, Survey Shows
The Women?s Political Caucus Encourages Wo...
 
It's time for women to re-ignite political spark of '92 - Seattle Post Intelligencer -March 25, 2007
By SUSAN PAYNTER

Objects seen in the rear view mirror may appear larger than they really are. Th...