Tanya Melich, Author at Women's eNews

Who Pays Palin’s Child Care? Don’t Ask the GOP

By Tanya Melich ● Commentary ● September 3, 2008

If Sarah Palin were a male V.P. candidate with five children there might not be much to discuss. But in a country with so little child care Tanya Melich is stuck wondering how she’s managing and who’s paying the babysitters.

O’Connor’s Tenure Began One Hot Summer

By Tanya Melich ● Uncategorized ● July 18, 2005

Sandra Day O’Connor didn’t become the first woman on the Supreme Court by chance. Tanya Melich reveals how the Republican Women’s Task Force prodded the appointment along in a fateful meeting with Ronald Reagan.

Old Boy Republican Lions

By Tanya Melich ● Uncategorized ● September 18, 2002

Republican women–sometimes pro-choice and pro-environment–are sacrificial lambs for the good “ol’ boy” GOP lions in Washington who promote their more conservative challengers during election primaries.

Anti-Women Backlash Strategy Dwindling

By Tanya Melich ● Commentary ● December 7, 2000

The Florida Fandango signals the failure of the GOP presidential campaign strategy that relies primarily on appealing to white men and Southern white women. To win in the new century, presidential candidates must support women’s rights.

Cotton Candy GOP: Sweet, Insubstantial

By Tanya Melich ● Commentary ● August 23, 2000

The Republican Convention of spun sugar centrism, compassion and inclusiveness failed to mask the very real and bitter aftertaste of religious fundamentalism, Victorian sexual mores and intolerance.

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