Obama Women

Dems Target Women For Health Care Overhaul

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The White House and top Democrats, intensifying their push to build support for their party's health overhaul proposals, are increa...

New Hope For Women and Girls From Washington, D.C.

Judy Patrick | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics


Judy Patrick

The creation of the White House Council on Women and Girls is deeply significant. By improving the lives of women, we improve the lives of their children, families and communities.

Open Letter to President-Elect Obama

Eve Ensler, Kavita Ramdas and Zainab Salbi | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Eve Ensler, Kavita Ramdas and Zainab Salbi

President-elect Obama, we are calling on you to be the president who ushers in the time of women.

Obama: Ratify the Women's Convention Soon

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics


Marjorie Cohn

Although President Carter signed CEDAW in 1980, the treaty has never been sent to the full U.S. Senate for its advice and consent to ratification.

Where are the Women? To President-Elect Obama from the National Council for Research on Women

Linda Basch | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


Linda Basch

It seems only fitting, after an election with such an unprecedented presence of serious, female power that you would pledge to assemble a more gender-balanced team.

The Government in Exile: What Obama Can Do for Women

Marie Wilson | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Marie Wilson

In a campaign whose rallying cry was "change", shifting the status of women in this country by bringing them fully to the tables of power would be a great place to start.

Women Rally For Obama In Battleground Michigan

Andrea King Collier | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home


Andrea King Collier

"The way we keep G.O.P. strategists from stealing the election is to get out to vote and make sure that it's not a contested race. We don't want it to be close..."

Sam Stein

Obama Ad: McCain Needs "Education" On Women's Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics


Before the crisis in the housing and financial markets threw the presidential election for a loop, the Obama campaign had planned to spend this week m...

Just Any Woman Won't Do

Ertharin Cousin | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


Ertharin Cousin

It is our responsibility to ensure that we tell our neighbors and friends and women across the country that Barack is the candidate who will fight for women.

Obama: Thought Of Gender Discrimination Against Daughters "Makes My Blood Boil"

NY Times | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


As Senator John McCain was acidly questioning Senator Barack Obama's judgment on matters of war and peace at a veterans' convention in Orlando, Mr. Ob...

Sam Stein

Women's Voices Women's Vote Could Shore Up Obama's Base

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's campaign may get a major electoral boon from an organization that was accused of conspiring against him in the primary. Women's Voice...

Michelle Obama Talks About "Guilt" Women Hold

First Read | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


A day after the revelation of Jesse Jackson's crude criticism of Barack Obama's speeches on fatherhood and faith-based initiatives, this morning Miche...

Obama's Surprise Key Surrogate: Claire McCaskill

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Claire McCaskill, senator from Missouri, is hardly a household name outside her home state. But Barack Obama knows who she is. She...

Obama: McCain Won't Stand Up For Working Women

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Democrat Barack Obama, determined to win over female voters, talked Monday about the women who helped shape his life in argu...