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Ready to Govern by Peggy Simpson
January 5, 2009
As the future administration takes shape in Washington, D.C., women come to the table with impressive credentials and the backing of national women’s organizations.
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Looking Forward to 2009
December 29, 2008
The Women’s Media Center asked feminist authors and commentators Lynn Sherr, Alida Brill, and Beverly Guy-Sheftall to tell us what women might expect from what is widely expected to be a new year of national change. Their words are as cautionary as they are hopeful.
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A Candle Cursing the Darkness by Helen LaKelly Hunt
December 23, 2008
Despite the gloomy economic reality, women’s wealth proportionately is increasing in the United States. The author tells how she and other women donors are creating a new model to use their funds to make a difference.
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Prayerfully Pro-Choice by Lexi Jay
December 18, 2008
The Bush Administration is expected to finalize regulations this week allowing medical professionals to opt out of giving women reproductive health services. Here, from the point of view of a woman raised in an evangelical Christian church, the author tells why the incoming Obama Administration must reverse these rules.
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The DNA of Violence by Marie Tessier
December 15, 2008
The story of one man’s escalating violence that ends with a quadruple murder in an Atlanta courthouse provides a cautionary tale to a public that still fails to understand the seriousness and persistence of violence against women.
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Recommitting to Eleanor Roosevelt’s Challenge to the World by Mary Robinson
December 10, 2008
Sixty years ago on December 10, the UN adopted a promise to guarantee the dignity of each individual. Today, women are at the forefront of the continuing struggle for human rights. The author, an international leader of this campaign, encourages us to make a personal commitment to its goals.
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Mothers Linked World Wide by Rebekah Spicuglia
December 8, 2008
They met in Toronto and cemented a movement of mothers that now promises a global network, with a website and a wide-ranging set of objectives. The author helped film a documentary tracing their progress.
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