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Progressive women seized on elements of the speech as a chance to showcase legislative priorities. A leader of one conservative women’s group, however, slammed the State of the Union address, deriding Obama as “provider in chief.”
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News of the president’s nomination of the No. 2 person at the Fed was warmly greeted on Twitter and online news sites. Yellen is on course to be the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve.
Economists are signing a letter to Obama supporting Janet Yellen as Fed chair. “The catalyst for me was all the media attention to Larry Summers,” said Heidi Hartmann, who is co-organizing the lobbying effort.
My 11-year-old granddaughter and I are on our first road trip together, attending the Obama inauguration. I hope to visit the monument of leading U.S. suffragists. She doesn’t know their names, but some day she may realize how much they have shaped both our destinies.
Chuck Hagel has reassured Sen. Barbara Boxer on two points of scrutiny surrounding his confirmation as secretary of defense: servicewomen’s abortion benefits and gays rights.
After providing Obama the bulk of their votes, women are in a position to ask for a roster of policy rewards, from labor protections for domestic workers to rapid implementation of health reform.
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Women made up 54 percent of the electorate, pushed the female composition of the U.S. Senate to new high-water mark and widened the pro-Democratic gender gap to 18 points.
Mockery of the gaffe went viral during the debate and shortly after the Obama campaign release an ad featuring the comment, which a writer at the Boston Phoenix calls misleading to boot.
Obama’s announcement in support of same-sex marriage is being liked, shared, and retweeted by the thousands. Could Obama’s announcement mobilize millennials?
A White House report released April 6 focused on the Obama administration’s accomplishments on behalf of women.