Womens Equality Day

Presidential Report Card: How Much Has Obama Really Done For Women?

Allison Gaudet Yarrow | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Equality Day, Women in Politics, Lily Ledbetter, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Gender Inequality, Lily Ledbetter Act, Obama and Women, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Wage Gap, Wage-Equality, Barack Obama, Equal Pay, Women News

Friday, in a White House press release celebrating the 91st anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S., President Obama declared: "The 19th Amendme...

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Women's Equality Yet to Be Fully Realized

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Women's Equality Day, Women's Suffrage, 19th Amendment, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Women News

As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford.

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Women's Equality Day: What the Heck Do I Tell My Daughter?

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 10.26.2011

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Today is Women's Equality Day. At the center of my mind today is: What the heck do I tell my daughter? How do I tell my daughter about the fact that despite many gains made for women's (and mothers') equality, women still don't earn equal pay for equal work?

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On Women's Equality Day, Give Yourself Equal Time

Marlo Thomas | Posted 10.26.2011

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In past years, I've honored this day by taking part in a march, or giving a speech, or writing an essay. But this year I'm asking myself, "Equal to whom? Equal to what?"

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Voter ID Laws Disenfranchise Women 91 Years After Suffrage

Debbie Hines | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Women's Rights, Women, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2012 Election, Voters, Women Voters, Voter ID Laws, Politics News

Requiring voters to present some form of identification as a requirement to vote will place unreasonable burdens on many women who may be unaware of the difficulty they could face when casting their vote in the 2012 election.

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Women Call for Obama to Act on Women's Leadership

Linda Tarr-Whelan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Obama Administration, Women's Leadership, Demos, Women in Business, Corporate Culture, Business News

Having a few females at the top is wonderful, but until we have at least 30 percent of senior women in leadership, we will be ignoring a strong dynamic that is working well elsewhere.

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Waiting for Equality

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Aclu, 19th Amendment, Women's Rights, Suffrage, Voting Rights, Paycheck Fairness Act, Politics News

As the 19th Amendment gave women equality at the polls, the Paycheck Fairness Act will give women equality in the workplace. It is the next milestone in the fight for equal rights, and the Senate must act now.

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The Work Behind Women's Equality Day

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Women of the West, Suffrage, Wyoming, Susan B. Anthony, Politics News

Women's Equality Day is marked today, August 26, and it will likely be celebrated this year in much the same way it was celebrated in 1920--that is to...

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It's Time to Pay Back Alice Paul

Page Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ninety years ago, women from all walks of life fought hard to give a voice to the voiceless and ensure that there was room for more views at the political table. Today, we need to fight to make sure everyone who has a voice is using it.

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Alan Simpson Embarrasses Obama, Insults Women, and, Well, Everyone

Natale Zimmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Poverty, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Sexism, Obama, Alan Simpson, Deficit Commission, Politics News

Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson has crossed the line. We're all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts. And when he didn't like the facts, he took to personal insults and profanity.

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The Battlefield to the Domestic Front: A Note on Women's Equality Day

Marie Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in Military, Leadership, Women, Women's Equality Day, Women at War, 19th Amendment, Women's Suffrage, Female Executive Pay, Working Women, Female Soldiers, Politics News

Today, women stand ready to serve, and in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaders placed their trust in women to lead. It is time we do the same at home.

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The Unfinished Agenda on Women's Equality Day

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ws we think back on August 26, 1920, we should also look forward. We've come a long way towards achieving equality for women, but we are not yet there.

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Women's Equality Day: Some Things You Should Know

Luis R. Burgos, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equality, Women, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage, Women's Issues, Income Inequality, Women's Equality Day, Politics News

While the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that granted women's suffrage seems like ancient history (it became law in 1920), we actually still have a long way to go.

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Women's Rights and Human Rights

Judi Jennings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Globalization, Women's Rights, US History, Social Justice, Feminism, Women's Equality Day, Politics News

By understanding the history behind Women's Equality Day, we can clarify the interconnectedness of the forces that maintain global systems of oppression by denying human rights, and we can shape new strategies effective in countering those global forces.

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Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Fmla, Family Friendly Policy, Birth Control, Gdp, Women's Work, Labor Day, Lilly Ledbetter, Infertility Insurance, Economy, Breaking News, Healthy Living News

This year Labor Day and Women's Equality Day bookend the week: a timely conjunction, since tension over what properly constitutes women's work is the crux of much of our current public discourse.

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