Eleanor Smeal

Let's Put It in Writing: Women Are Equal

Carolyn Maloney | Posted 08.10.2011

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Carolyn Maloney

Most Americans believe women already have the same rights as men under our Constitution. But sadly they are mistaken.

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An Open Letter to Senator McCain

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women Act, John McCain, Rape, Incest, Supreme Court Justice, The Feminist Majority, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Feminist Left, Voting Record, Eleanor Smeal, Mccain Voting Record, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Feminism, Barack Obama Feminism, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breast Cancer Research Program, Roberts, Minimum Wage, Lilly Ledbetter, Roe v. Wade, Scalia, Politics News
Eleanor Smeal

Women, Senator McCain, vote on issues important to us, not on whether or not the candidate wears a skirt. The truth is, your candidacy is the worst for women in recent history.

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Renowned Women Speak Out on Palin and the Election

Marianne Schnall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Women, Melissa Etheridge, Amy Richards, Loung Ung, Gloria Steinem, Kathy Najimy, Jody Williams, Kim Gandy, Gloria Feldt, Deborah Siegel, Marie Wilson, Courtney Martin, Sabel Allende, Eleanor Smeal, Eve Ensler, Alice Walker, Elizabeth Lesser, Joan Blades, Politics News
Marianne Schnall

I decided to pose identical questions by email to dynamic women -- Melissa Etheridge, Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler and more -- to just see what kind of responses would come in.

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Feminists Are the Majority

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Convention, Maxine Waters, Michelle Obama, Women's Issues, Women Delegates, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Roe v. Wade, Ellen R. Malcolm, Eleanor Smeal, Women and Politics, Sen. Joe Biden, Dnc, Swanee Hunt, Carolyn Maloney, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

According to CNN over half the delegates to the DNC are women. Here are some of the events created for women for the Convention.

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