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Women in History

Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Work, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged , , on March 31, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress. She served in the U.S. House from 1917 to 1919 and from 1941 to 1943.

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Elect Her in California and the West Indies

Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Exciting, inspiring, life-changing, and necessary — these are some of the words that come to mind while reading the latest installment of the Elect Her–Campus Women Win blogs. Wendy Matheny, AAUW grassroots leadership coordinator, reported from the Mt. Saint Jacinto College event: Former mayor and current Lake Elsinore, California, Councilwoman Melissa Melendez spoke candidly about [...]

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Women in History

Posted in S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged , , , on March 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Chien-Shiung Wu was a pioneering physicist who radically altered modern physical theory and changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe. She was the first woman to head the American Physical Society and the first living scientist to have an asteroid named after her.

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Women and Higher Ed Leadership

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

As I shuffled into the steeply seated lecture hall on Thursday night to attend the fourth annual Forum on Women in Leadership, I noticed the diverse audience that had arrived to attend the event. I was pleased to see that men and women of varying ages and ethnicities were present to hear current women college [...]

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Voucher Scheme Spells Bad News for Students

Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Voter Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 30, 2011, | 1 Comment »

It’s a sad day for D.C. and for public education all across the country. Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed a bill to continue the controversial D.C. school voucher scheme. This spells bad news for students in D.C., as study after study has proven that vouchers don’t work for students. In 2010, the U.S. [...]

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Standing with the Women of Wal-Mart

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , on March 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

As you may know, AAUW signed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs of Wal-Mart v. Dukes and offered financial assistance to the lead plaintiffs so they could attend the oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. As program manager for the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, I have coordinated these efforts, but my interest in [...]

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Women in History

Posted in Sex Discrimination, Sexism, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Lise Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. Meitner is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women’s scientific achievements being overlooked.

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Women Need More than a Month of Honor

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged , , , , , , on March 29, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve lived in Washington, D.C. — the White House is still an exciting sight to behold. Yet most Washingtonians and visitors to our nation’s capital never actually step inside this historic building. Last Thursday, 20 AAUW staff members had just this opportunity. Invited in celebration of Women’s History Month, we [...]

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Supreme Court Hears Wal-Mart Case

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 29, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Today is an important day for pay equity and workers’ rights as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Wal-Mart v. Dukes case. AAUW supported the lead plaintiffs financially through the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund and by signing an amicus brief earlier this month. The generous support of AAUW members ensured that the [...]

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Contemporary Women Making History

Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, NCCWSL, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 28, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

In honor of Women’s History Month, AAUW’s Director of Public Policy and Government Relations Lisa Maatz will be speaking at a Capitol Hill press conference on March 30 to show our support for reintroducing the National Women’s History Museum bill in Congress. No matter where you are on Wednesday, you can show your solidarity in [...]

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