If we are to elect more women to public office and to have them in appointed positions, it is grassroots organizations that will make it happen. How can we do this everywhere?
Steffany Stern | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
Women need to be able to exercise our collective power to achieve better pay and benefits at work. The Employee Free Choice Act would help us do just that.
Lauren Melcher | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics
A government agency that can help organize the many groups that work on behalf of women and girls will be welcome (so long as it does not become mired in political gaming and showmanship).
AP | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The White House plans to create a group of experts to advise President Barack Obama on women's issues. Obama plans to name friend ...
Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.28.2009 | Style
There were few powerful women in mid-19th century America who more vigorously pressed the case first for abolition and then for the education, housing, and welfare of freed African-American slaves than did Mrs. Lincoln.
Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics