Women Are Furious, Frightened And Voting By Joan Michelson The 2022 midterm election, now only 73 days away, is shaping up to be driven by women voters, who have only had that right for 102 years today, when that right was ratified in the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. TargetSmart reported surges of new voter registrations by women across the country, far…
8 Women Who Are Making a Difference in Their Community By Kailey Thompson When I’m asked to explain why I feel so passionately about women’s issues and feminism or why I got a women’s and gender studies minor in undergrad, I used to say it’s because, well, I’m a woman, and I care about women. What other reason would I…
Panel Promotes Women’s Equality at Air Force Base Leaders discuss challenges they face as women. By Jessica Lindsey Oprah, Madam C.J. Walker, and Issa Rae all have something in common. All three are women Nadia Colom said she would like to have dinner with. Colom, the owner of Potter Property Management, was part of a women’s leadership panel at the…
Women’s Equality Day Program Emphasizes Empowerment By Stefanie Hauck The Defense Federal Community and Federal Women’s Program celebrated Women’s Equality Day with a virtual observance on Aug. 17 at the Defense Supply Center Columbus featuring keynote speaker Rebecca Beck, director of Accounting Standards and Reporting for Defense Finance and Accounting Service. Beck, a longtime member of the Senior Executive Service…
Make Women’s Equality Day a National Holiday Source: National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites August 26th is the anniversary of women in the United States winning the constitutional right to vote in 1920. In 1973, Congress recognized this important historic date by declaring it as Women’s Equality Day. Although this is a landmark date, many Americans are still unaware of its existence…
Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley: ‘Women of Color Are Working Twice as Hard’ By The Press Association (Alex Green, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter) Bridgerton star Simone Ashley has said that as a woman of colour she has to work “twice as hard” as her peers in the acting world. The 27-year-old actress plays Kate Sharma in series two of the hit Netflix…
First Women’s Tour de France Reflects Change in Society The Tour de France Femmes begins in Paris on Sunday, July 24. By Ian Parker Former world champion Lizzie Deignan believes this weekend’s launch of the first Tour de France Femmes reflects a “turning point in society” as demands for women’s equality are heard. The first proper women’s Tour de France, an eight-day…
Title IX: Spectacularly Successful and Disturbingly Unfulfilled A lack of enforcement has blunted the law’s transformative potential By Anne M. Blaschke Title IX celebrates its 50th birthday on June 23. Signed into law in 1972, the policy requires educational institutions that receive government funding to treat all sexes and gender identities equally. This mandate has at once been phenomenally successful…
Venus Williams on Equal Rights for Women: ‘We Have to Work Harder to Earn More Respect’ By Carson Burton Venus Williams, one of the all-time tennis greats, gave a powerful speech about celebrating individuality at Variety‘s Power of Women Event in New York. “My mom is the strongest person I know,” said Williams, whose remarks were pre-taped, in her speech on…
Organizations that sign the Equal Pay Pledge agree to conduct an annual, company-wide gender pay analysis.