Betsy Wade, legendary head of The New York Times copy desk, edited the Pentagon Papers, successfully sued the Times for gender bias, relentlessly pursued the facts and always kept in mind the female high school and college editors once left behind.
She started a grade school paper; she loved Brenda Starr and Nellie Bly. Starting as copy “girl,” Zacchino eventually was nominated for a Pulitzer. She battled for gender equity; now she’s taking her passions for journalism and justice to San Francisco.
A proposed bankruptcy law moves custodial parents owed child support up to number one in line for payment. Yet, critics say the change is smoke and mirrors, with debt to credit card companies gaining the same status as child support obligations.
Women are giving more dollars than ever to philanthropy and women head half of U.S. foundations, yet only 6.6 percent of the philanthropic dollars go to programs for women and girls. Experts hope, however, that change is underway.
Domestic violence doesn’t stay home. It’s a workplace issue, taking a sorrowful human toll, as well as an economic one. Sometimes prompted by tragedy, companies increasingly are recognizing the problem and working to develop helpful policies.
In a groundbreaking global effort, women from Hong Kong to Jamaica rallied against poverty and violence in a march at the United Nations where delegates presented a petition outlining 17 demands.
After years of giving women-owned businesses short shrift when it came to credit, lenders are beginning to recognize the importance of their economic contributions, to evaluate their credit flexibly and to offer.
The Food and Drug Administration will decide after four years of consideration whether to approve the abortion pill RU-486, a drug that would bring privacy to many intimate decisions and perhaps cool the abortion wars.
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