In 1997, I moved to St. Louis — a city I loved and called home for more than 10 years. In that time, I found a few favorite locations that I want to share with those lucky enough to be in St. Louis for the 2009 AAUW National Convention. I am sure you have read [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Things to do in the Lou
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, tagged 2009 AAUW National Convention, City Museum, Forest Park, provel, Schlafly, St. Louis, Ted Drewes, The Arch, The hill, Third Degree Glass Factory on June 24, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Father’s Day Reflections
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Father's Day, Fatherhood Initatives, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, Healthy Famil, Healthy Families Act, National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse, Obama, Work-Life Balence on June 23, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Sunday was Father’s Day, and it’s in that spirit that I’m going to talk a little bit about President Obama’s fatherhood initiative and how it relates to AAUW’s promotion of work/life balance legislation. But before we get into that, let me just tell you that I’ve got one heck of a dad, so here’s a [...]
Happy Birthday Title IX!
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Title IX, tagged 37th Anniversary, leadership, Mia Hamm, Radical Rasberries, Soccer, Title IX, women's sports on June 23, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Today marks the 37th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the federal legislation that prevents all federally funded schools from discriminating based on sex in education and school activities. While those who worked so hard to pass the legislation nearly 40 years ago may have been focusing on scholarships and science classes for girls, [...]
Vintage Cupcakes
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, tagged Convention, cupcake project, cupcakes, date pudding, Grand Island, NE, ShopAAUW on June 23, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Each week, AAUW holds a meeting to discuss upcoming blog topics for AAUW Dialog. In preparation for AAUW’s upcoming national convention, someone suggested writing about AAUW history, so I decided to test out one piece of AAUW history in particular. Jackie Littleton, a member of the AAUW Board of Directors, found a cookbook complied by [...]
An Insult to Hardworking Career Mothers
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Work, tagged career, gender equity, Motherhood Penalty, research, wage gap, Women and Work, work/life balance, working mothers, workplace discrimination on June 22, 2009, | 1 Comment »
To me the most striking finding from a recent work-family research report that’s getting a lot of online buzz was that the wage gap between mothers and non-mothers is even more pronounced than the wage gap between women and men. Even though I decided early on that I didn’t want to have kids, that doesn’t [...]
Follow Me to Convention
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, tagged 2009 AAUW National Convention, blog, Convention, facebook, Twitter on June 22, 2009, | 2 Comments »
This Friday, June 26, begins AAUW’s biennial convention in St. Louis and marks my second time attending the event. As a Missouri native, I know that it can be scorching outside in St. Louis in the summer and fear the effects of the “humugity” on my hair. But I also know that the inside of [...]
Meet Soamarat Vilaiyuk: Pediatric Rheumatologist
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Fellowships, Following the Fellows, international fellowships, medicine on June 22, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Soamarat Vilaiyuk, a 2005–06 International Fellow, was first inspired to pursue training in pediatric rheumatology by a child she met in her native Thailand. While working as a resident and fellow at Ramathibodi Hospital, she met a boy who had suffered from arthritis for many years. Soamarat explains, “Although he received many medications, the disease [...]
Women in Engineering
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, tagged engineering, National Girls Collaborative Project, NGCP, science, STEM, WEPAN on June 22, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
This past week marked my first WEPAN conference. Like AAUW, the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) was started by a group of women searching for support in their professional careers. The organization is dedicated to improving the climate for and success of all women in engineering. Now celebrating its 20th birthday, WEPAN has grown [...]
David Letterman’s Next Move
Posted in Sex Discrimination, tagged David Letterman, news, Running Start, Sarah Palin, women in politics, women leaders on June 18, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Thanks to the recent flap between David Letterman and Sarah Palin over the joke he made about one of her daughters, some moms and/or dads may be having second thoughts about making a run for office. To his credit, Letterman has apologized, but it’s unfortunate that he made the remarks in the first place. Children [...]
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