American Women

It's Time to Stop Calling Career Women Without Children "Delayers"

Melanie Notkin | Posted 08.13.2011

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Melanie Notkin

The federal government's blame-name-calling needs to stop. We're not spinsters. We're not career women. And we're not delayers.

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'The Body Love Manual' by Elizabeth 'Lily' Hills

Juliette Fretté | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Dieting, Health, Body Image, Women's Health, Women's Self-Esteem, Food, Self-Judgement, American Women, Diet, Healthy Living News
Juliette Fretté

Ironically, now that women can vote, lead companies, and run the free world, we are increasingly prone to oppressing ourselves by starving our bodies.

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America's Favorite Birth Control Method Turns 50

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

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CHICAGO — A world without "the pill" is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course...

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Let's Bring Back: 10 Comeback-Worthy Looks From The Met's 'American Woman' Exhibit (PHOTOS)

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lesley M. M. Blume

Today New York City's Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute will open its new exhibit, "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity." Gazing at the glamorous finery of eras past, as usual I found myself wishing back certain flourishes and trappings, from hand-held fans to white gloves to turbans.

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American Woman: 15 Trailblazers Vogue Left Off Their List (PHOTOS)

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lesley M. M. Blume

At this time of year, for those in the fashion industry, "going to the Met" has nothing to do with spending a lazy day in the galleries, admiring Byza...

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From Mother's Dream to "A Woman's Nation" -- Shriver Charts Progress for American Women

Lys Anzia | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Shirin Ebadi, Women's Rights, Feminists, Maria Shriver, A Woman's Nation, Equal Rights, World, American Women, Politics News
Lys Anzia

Like their global sisters, I know American women want equal opportunity. Let's hope this report finds a way to bring a deep appreciation of this fact, with resulting improvement, to the political, humanitarian, social and business lives for women across the US.

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The State Of The American Woman

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Women's Rights, American Women, Feminism, Happiness, Gender, Healthy Living News
Therese Borchard

Women are much more powerful than they were forty years ago. But they are stressed, anxious, and not as happy. Why?

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When Everything Changed, by Gail Collins

Elaine Showalter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elaine Showalter

Collins uses her great sense of revealing anecdotes, engaging personalities, representative case histories, resonant stories, and startling details to defamiliarize a decade we thought we remembered.

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What is Work? Gail Collins: When Everything Changed

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sharon Glassman

The women in When Everything Changed are gutsy, goal-setting, game-changing, God-chatting, family-loving individuals who share a belief in Change - and an enduring, if irrational love of sexy shoes.

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