Laura Marble, Author at Women's eNews

Minister’s Kid Recalls Her Mom’s Peace Strategy

By Laura Marble ● Uncategorized ● September 7, 2002

The writer was 13, eating a bowl of breakfast cereal at the kitchen table, when her mother plopped down beside her and announced she was retiring from motherhood–her job was done.

Awareness Growing of Abused Immigrant Spouses

By Laura Marble ● Politics ● August 10, 2000

She arrives here full of hope. She marries and becomes a mother. The right to stay here depends, however, on her husband’s cooperation. He doesn’t cooperate, but he does begin to beat her and taunt her because of her legal vulnerability.

GOP Deaf to Women’s Polite Pleas, Loud Chants

By Laura Marble ● Politics ● August 1, 2000

The women marched, they prayed, they pleaded, they tried to persuade the powers that be in the Grand Old Party to heed their calls for reproductive rights and the needs of the currently poor for economic opportunity. Their answer: loud silence.

Female Felons: Crimes Are Light, Lives Are Dark

By Laura Marble ● Crime & Law ● July 17, 2000

A new study of women drug offenders in Pennsylvania indicates many were caught with small amounts of drugs, had abusive parents and adult relationships and lacked treatment alternatives.

Mothers in China Demand a Tiananmen Accounting

By Laura Marble ● Politics ● July 10, 2000

Joining with others who lost loved ones in the massacre 11 years ago, the Tiananmen Mothers is seeking international support, through the Internet, for the right to grieve in public and a public acknowledgement of what occurred.

Congress to Vote on Law Limiting Abortion Abroad

By Laura Marble ● Politics ● July 6, 2000

In a matter of days, Congress may vote on the controversial global gag rule. It bars agencies in foreign countries that receive U.S. aid from providing abortion services or participate in public debate on abortion policies.

Hearings Reveal Little Aid for Rape Victims

By Laura Marble ● Crime & Law ● June 27, 2000

New York City’s flawed and fragmented approach to assisting victims of sexual violence was documented in City Council hearings, but ignored by media swept up in the frenzied aftermath of the Central Park sex assaults.

Women Scientists Need More Room for Their Views

By Laura Marble ● Arts & Culture ● June 8, 2000

When women enter a scientific profession, be it engineering, medical research or computer technology, the discipline’s agenda shifts, either slightly or dramatically.

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