Saudi Arabia will not be sending women to the Olympics as was first announced. In 1964, South Africa was banned from participating in the Olympics because of the country’s racial discrimination policies. Including black athletes […]
Three decades ago, 70 year-old Ann Harris and her sister opened Ann’s Place in Akron, OH. According to 19 News in Akron, the two women worked across town at another restaurant and dreamed of the […]
Sixty-eight percent of women who were polled by National Geographic believe that President Obama would be tougher than Mitt Romney on extra-terrestrials. That’s eight points more than the percent of women who actually went out […]
Imagine going to McDonald’s with your three year-old daughter and you allow her to play in the indoor playground (I know yuk!). Then, out of nowhere a 13 year-old girl takes out scissors and cuts […]
Dear Future Women Leaders: In 1940, a young boy named Birch Bayh sat at the breakfast table with his little sister listening to his father tell about his forthcoming congressional testimony. Their father was an […]
When you choose to found a group with the moniker, the “National Organization of Women,” you should be a supporter of all women, not just the ones that agree with you. Otherwise, you need to […]
Shanghaiist.com posted the picture above with the following: “Speaking from a local hospital in her home county of Zhenping, Feng Jianmei said she had been forced to have the procedure by local family planning bureau […]
“We work our asses off here, and school is about learning. Clothing is not important,” said ninth-grader Lucy Greider, who said she has been sent to the office 10 times this school year for showing […]
I guess you can’t expect too much from a woman who thinks her wardrobe here is appropriate for Miss Ohio, when she should have been dressed like this. I suppose every generation of women seem […]
“On average, a woman will leave an abusive relationship seven times before she leaves for good.” source: domesticabuseshelter.org On May 11, 2012, 31 year-old mother of three, Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in […]
UPDATE: “Her father often works too late to come home, so she sometimes lives with Elliot’s daughter.” Tran lives with a friend (her choice) and no doubt has to pay rent.Her father is still in […]
“Overall, lifetime and one year estimates for sexual violence, stalking and intimate partner violence were alarmingly high for adult Americans; with IPV alone affecting more than 12 million people each year. Women are disproportionately impacted. […]
Why? What makes Cate Edwards get up every morning and shadow her father into court where he is on trial for illegal campaign contributions, conspiracy and making false statements. Even more disturbing is the man […]
Time magazine has the world’s largest weekly circulation with 20 million U.S. subscribers. It is synonymous with hard-hitting news and exclusive interviews with world leaders. In 1927, they launched “Time’s MAN of the Year,” […]
Today, North Carolina became the 30th state to approve a constitutional amendment “defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman.” What disappoints me so much is that a woman, Tami Fitzgerald, […]
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