Although the permanent home of Marcia Grant, a 1963–64 fellow, is a beautiful old stone farmhouse in a small village in France, when I called her for an interview she was in her apartment in Karachi, Pakistan, waiting out a thunderstorm. She’s been living there since 2005. Marcia is in Pakistan to oversee the completion [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Meet Marcia Grant: University Founder
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows on November 13, 2009, | 2 Comments »
A Waste of $63,000
Posted in The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged athletics, Know the Score, Title IX on November 12, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
People call baseball America’s pastime, but it is a sport that numerous high schools nationwide treat more favorably than its female counterpart, softball. Over the last several years, numerous students and their parents have brought lawsuits against school districts for providing inferior equipment, facilities, and coaches to softball teams compared to baseball teams. I cited [...]
Supporting Healthy Families
Posted in Equity in the News, Women's Health, tagged H1N1, Healthy Families Act, paid sick leave on November 12, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
This week, at a hearing convened by the Senate HELP Committee’s Subcommittee on Children and Families, the Department of Labor announced the administration’s strong support of the Healthy Families Act. AAUW has been working hard to see this bill passed. In light of the H1N1 flu pandemic, we know that paid sick days are a [...]
Serving While Female
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Veteran's Day on November 11, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
This Veteran’s Day feels particularly poignant in light of the recent tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas. Thirteen soldiers and civilians were slain and more than 29 wounded in a gunman’s rampage on Thursday, November 5. Among the dead are Sgt. Amy Krueger, who was to be deployed to Afghanistan in December; Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, [...]
From the Real to the Ideal: A Woman’s Nation and the Gender Gap for Women in Health Care
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women's Health, tagged awn, gender gap, hcr, health-care reform, healthcare, Linda Brodsky, Real to the Ideal, Sick and Tired, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, women's health care, women's healthcare on November 10, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Maria Shriver’s ambitious report, The Shriver Report — A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, has grabbed our attention and focused us on a national priority of the highest importance. Women’s equality is, I believe, an even greater priority than health care reform, because closing the gender gap is necessary for the success of a sustainable, productive [...]
Richmond Rape Rhetoric Reminiscent of “Boys Will Be Boys”
Posted in Equity in the News, Sexual Harassment, tagged rape, Richmond High School, sexual assault on November 9, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Reading about the heinous, two-and-a-half-hour gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at Richmond High School in Northern California takes me back to a sexual assault incident I dealt with a few years ago as a middle school teacher at an upscale private school. At my school, an eighth-grade girl alleged that three boys had cornered [...]
Congratulations to the 2010 Campaign College Training Sites!
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged American University Women & Politics Institute, Campaign College, Idaho State University, Loyola University, Mt. San Jacinto College, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Northern Michigan University, Running Start, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, University of North Carolina, University of Texas, University of the West Indies, Winthrop University on November 5, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW, the American University Women & Politics Institute, and Running Start are pleased to announce the 10 Campaign College sites for the 2010 academic year. These sites were chosen from a competitive applicant pool to host the only training in the country that encourages young women to run for student government positions. The training addresses [...]
I Am Not a Pre-Existing Condition
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged Health-care, I am not a pre-existing condition, National WOmen's Law Center, Public option, women's health care on November 4, 2009, | 3 Comments »
I have a long list of pre-existing medical conditions, so I have a lot invested in health care and health insurance reform. But even if I didn’t have this crazy, messed-up body with all its injuries, conditions, and surgeries listed in my medical chart, I could still be denied health insurance. At the very least, [...]
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