Condoleezza Rice served as the country’s chief diplomat as U.S. secretary of state — the first African American woman to hold the position.
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Women in History
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged African American, condoleeze rice, diplomacy, secretary of state, state department on March 21, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Women in History
Posted in The AAUW Community on March 18, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Ginger Rogers did every dance move that Fred Astaire did but backwards and in heels.
Elect Her in Connecticut, Cincinnati, and at Loyola
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged campaigns, Elect Her, leadership, Loyola University, politics, Public Leadership Education Network, Running Start, students, University of Cincinnati, University of Connecicut on March 18, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Elect Her–Campus Women Win trainings are intended to prepare the next generation of young college women to run for political office, but the training at Loyola University reached even further in to the future. Running Start board member Tara Andrews reports that the star of the training was 7-year-old Hrilina, a curious and confident second [...]
Meet Andrea Rother: Environmental Sociologist and Health Advocate
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged Africa, American Fellowship, environmental sociology, family medicine, Following the Fellows, Michigan State, pesticide, poison, Public Health, South Africa, U.N., University of Cape Town, University of Zimbabwe on March 17, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
For Andrea Rother, 2002–03 American Fellowship recipient, finding her niche in environmental sociology specializing in pesticide risk management was certainly a process. Currently based out of the University of Cape Town’s School of Public Health and Family Medicine in South Africa, Rother became interested in Africa started when she participated in an exchange program between [...]
Ranked and Ready to Rock
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged advocacy philanthropy, education, Great Nonprofits, GreatNonProfits, randings, research, story, women's empowerment on March 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Who do you trust when contemplating a purchase? The manufacturer? Or customers who have actually purchased the product and used it? For most of us, it’s probably the testimonials of the people we trust most. GreatNonprofits is to hard-working organizations what Zagat is to restaurants. It’s ranked and reviewed by everyday people like you who [...]
Get Mad for Women’s Basketball
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, tagged basketball, Baylor, Connecticut, Huskies, Lady Vols, March Madness, NCAA, Pat Summitt, sports, Stanford, Tennessee, tournament, women's bracket on March 15, 2011, | 5 Comments »
March Madness is here! For basketball fans across the country, that means filling out tournament brackets, entering office betting pools, cheering on alma maters, and occasionally breaking down in tears while watching a favorite team soar to victory or wallow in defeat. My love of basketball was instilled at an early age. My parents started [...]
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