Teen Voices
After 2016 Election, Girls Ready to Break Politics’ Glass Ceiling
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After the last presidential election, some girls are taking the charge to run for office. “I don’t want to phone bank,” one girl says, “I’d rather trail blaze.”
Politics
Women Running for Senate Pour Millions into Their Campaigns
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John McCain, a formidable fundraiser, faces Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick in Arizona, in one of the country’s most expensive Senate races. Meanwhile, the two women bidding for Barbara Boxer’s seat in California are also each raising millions.
wage gap
Low Pay for Women of Color = More Clout Needed in Politics
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For women of color, Equal Pay Day 2016 still hasn’t come. This inequity shows how far we still have to go in gaining political representation. Our numbers are too low in U.S. Congress and even worse in state government.
2016 elections
Loyal Clinton Delegate at DNC: Thank You Hillary
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Like many women of her generation, Susan Rose never expected to see a woman become president. Now she’s glad she was in Philadelphia, able to cast a vote to hurry history along.
2016 elections
Democratic Convention’s Female Force Turns on the Technicolor
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When we enlarge the cast of women, as has happened in Philadelphia, we also expand the canvas upon which we, as women and girls, see each other and ourselves. That gives each one of us the chance to develop depth and detail.
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton Victory Taps the Varied Strains of Feminism
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Her win last night was a signal to many to put aside politics and celebrate what her historic candidacy might mean for little girls across the country and the world. But not everyone joined in.
Politics
Here’s Why I Want to See a Female President in My Lifetime
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As a rare female Washington political journalist in the ’60s, I was one of the “girls in the balcony.” Things have moved along since then, but not enough. Women need Hillary Clinton to win this election.
Hillary Clinton
Clinton, Palin Gender Strategies Flopped in 2008
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Though neither strategy worked, Clinton and Palin used a mix of feminine and masculine messages in their campaigns, say Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose in this excerpt from the anthology “Women and Elective Office.”
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Afghan Women: the Kill List We Don’t Talk About
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In the world of pen vs. gun, we would all benefit from putting the Arab proverb “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” to good use. If women’s rights are a security threat to violent extremists, then women’s rights must be the asset we protect.
Harassment
India Politics So Dangerous to Women They Keep Out
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India’s marathon national elections have added to the collective toll of vicious, sometimes deadly, violence against political women. Only 8 percent of this year’s candidates were women and advocates point to rape and harassment as likely reasons.