Missed Monday’s live blog of Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings. Read the complete transcript below and be sure to join us for day two on Tuesday.
Archive for July, 2009
Confirmation Hearings Day One
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged confirmation hearings, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor on July 13, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Caregiver, Typically a Woman’s Role
Posted in Women and Work, tagged caregiving, cargiver, family caregiver Alliance, Fem 2.0, hospice, Twittercast, woman's role on July 13, 2009, | 9 Comments »
My whole world zeroed in on the doctor’s lips as he asked me if I wanted them to keep my mother on life support or to let her die “a natural death.” It was as if I were watching a movie where the rest of the room blacked out and those lips grew to take [...]
Beauty, Brains, and Body Image
Posted in Sexism, tagged beauty, body image, media, television, TV on July 10, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I’m a fan of Margaret Cho, so when I heard she was in the new Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva, that certainly sparked my interest in the show, which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. The premise centers around a model (Deb, played by Brooke D’Orsay) who dies, gets to the Pearly Gates via an escalator, [...]
Host a Sotomayor Confirmation Watch Party
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Action Network, confirmation hearings, federal judicial nominations, news, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court on July 10, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the Senate Judiciary Committee are set to begin next Monday. Be a part of this historic event and engage family, friends, and your community to discuss the nominee’s stances on issues important to women and their families by hosting a watch party. AAUW is actively monitoring [...]
Pay Equity in the Obama White House
Posted in Women and Work, tagged economic security, jobs, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, news, Obama, pay equity, salary, White House, workplace on July 8, 2009, | 5 Comments »
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Noting that women make just 78 cents for every dollar men earn and “women of color, even less,” the president said that the Ledbetter Act would establish that There are no second-class citizens in our workplaces [...]
‘We All Have a Part, But She’s the Icon’
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, Women & Economic Security, tagged 2009 AAUW National Convention, aauw09, economic security, I am the Face of Pay Equity, Lilly Ledbetter, Paycheck Fairness Act on July 8, 2009, | 4 Comments »
The headline on a Kansas City Star column put it best: “Lilly Ledbetter’s name is on a law and a Supreme Court decision, and she’s not done yet.” So true. These days, Ledbetter spends a lot of time on the road. She could take a well-deserved break and relax, but she continues to speak out [...]
Historic Event at Wimbledon
Posted in Title IX, Women and Work, tagged athletics, gender equity, news, Serena Williams, sports, Venus Williams, Wimbledon, women in sports on July 7, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Despite taking place in the weeks following the 37th anniversary of Title IX, Serena Williams’ 11th Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon this past Saturday over her sister Venus was overshadowed by the men’s final, which saw Roger Federer go 30 games into the fifth set to earn his record-breaking 15th major. This is a shame [...]
STEM and Women’s Economic Security
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, Women & Economic Security, tagged COESE, job loss, National Girls Collaborative Project, National Science Founcation, NGCP, pay equity, STEM, unemployment rate on July 2, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that another 467,000 jobs were lost in June 2009, and the unemployment rate has risen to 9.5 percent. The worst of it may be behind us, but the economic recession is clearly still with us. AAUW works on a number of fronts to help improve the U.S. economy, [...]
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