“Are you a scorned woman?” Sen. Howell Heflin (D-AL) asked Anita Hill this question in October 1991. The moment was replayed in the documentary Sex and Justice. This was one of many outrageous questions he and other senators asked Hill during the Senate confirmation hearings of then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas to determine the [...]
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I Believe Anita Hill
Posted in Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Ai-jen Poo, Anita Hill, Catharine MacKinnon, Clarence Thomas, Girls for Gender Equity, Hunter College, Jamia Wilson, Kimberle Crenshaw, Move the Crowd, National Domestic Worker's Alliance, New York City, Patricia J. Williams, Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender Race and Finding Home, Rha Goddess, Sex Power and Speaking Truth: Anita Hill 20 Years Later, Sexual Harassment, University of Oklahoma, Women's Media Center on October 19, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Watch the Anita Hill Summit Live October 15
Posted in AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged #AnitaHill, @anitahill20, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Hunter College, Judiciary Committee, New York City, Senate, teenagers on October 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Twenty years ago this week, Professor Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill used to work for Thomas and felt it was her duty to share her experiences of sexual harassment in her workplace. In the end, Thomas was [...]
AAUW Celebrates Women’s Hall of Fame Inductees
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, S T E M, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Barbara Mikulski, Bill Clinton, College of Wooster, Donna Shalala, feminism, Helen Murray Free, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, National Women's Hall of Fame, New York, Paycheck Fairness Act, science, Senators, Seneca Falls, Supreme Court, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services on October 13, 2011, | 1 Comment »
“No botox, no detox. My name is Loretta Ford, and I approve this message.” So ended the speech of 91-year-old Ford as she accepted her induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame along with 10 others last weekend in Seneca Falls, New York. The tone of her remarks was unexpected, yet they captured the [...]
Supreme Court Begins a New Term
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, tagged 11th Amendment, AAUW, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Daniel Coleman, Daniel Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Family Medical Leave Act, Florida, FMLA, Healthcare reform, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ministerial exemption, Patient P, Supreme Court, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida, Wal-mart v. Dukes, Washington D.C. on October 3, 2011, | 3 Comments »
The Supreme Court begins its 2011–12 term today, its second full one with three women justices. This term should be a busy one for the court, as it’s expected to hear a wide range of cases that set far-reaching precedents, including three cases of interest to AAUW. The health care reform case will likely dominate [...]
Meet Suzette Malveaux: Civil Rights Lawyer
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged AAUW, AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship, American Fellowship, Call Actions at the Crossroads: An Answer to Wal-Mart v. Dukes, Class Action and Other Multi-Party Litigation, Dukes, education, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, feminism, Following the Fellows, Harvard University, media, New York University, NYU, politics, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart, Wal-mart v. Dukes, Washington D.C., women's rights on August 24, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
It’s been two months since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Wal-Mart v. Dukes case prevented the women of Wal-Mart from taking on the nation’s largest employer as a nationwide, class-action group. But gender discrimination doesn’t take a day off, and neither does AAUW. AAUW continues to stand behind the women of Wal-Mart because [...]
Your AAUW Dialog Summer Reading List
Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged AAUW, congress, education, Equal Pay, equal pay day, feminism, leadership, Legal Advocacy Fund, politics, Senate, sexual assault, STEM, Supreme Court, Washington D.C., women leaders, women's rights on August 20, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Summer is drawing to a close, so the AAUW blog has decided to take some time to just sit back, relax, and have a long weekend. In our absence, why not check out one of our most popular recent posts or the top posts from the past year that you might have missed? Enjoy! Dancin’ [...]
Capitol Hill: Very Male, Very White, and Why It Matters
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged congress, congressional staff, Dirksen, diversity, Elect Her, Senate Judiciary Committee, Wal-Mart on July 8, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Packed into a buzzing meeting room in the Dirksen Senate building, I took a long look around. As a summer intern at AAUW, I was thrilled to be at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing addressing the impact of the Wal-Mart v. Dukes Supreme Court decision — a case throughout which AAUW has remained a strong [...]
Supreme Bias?
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged AT&T, Chief Justice John Roberts, treatment of employees, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Wal-Mart on July 1, 2011, | 1 Comment »
The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2010–11 term last week by again ruling largely in favor of corporate interests by limiting plaintiffs’ rights to organize as groups, raising concerns that the court has a bias toward business at the expense of everyday Americans. According to one statistic, under Chief Justice John Roberts, the court has [...]
Betty Dukes to U.S. Senate: The Best is Yet to Come!
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged Betty Dukes, gender bias, intimidating environment, nondiscrimination policy, Patrick Leahy, Paycheck Fairness Act, Vermont, Wal-Mart, workplace discrimination on June 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
As AAUW’s Lisa Maatz mentioned earlier this week, Betty Dukes, the lead plaintiff in the discrimination case against Wal-Mart, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, June 29. The hearing, entitled Barriers to Justice and Accountability: How the Supreme Court’s Recent Rulings Will Affect Corporate Behavior, examined recent Supreme Court decisions in Wal-Mart v. Dukes [...]
Wal-Mart Plaintiff Will Speak to Senate
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, Supreme Court, Women and Work, tagged Betty Dukes, gender pay gap, U.S. Supreme Court, Wal-Mart on June 27, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
I’m looking forward to hearing Betty Dukes speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee this Wednesday on Capitol Hill. As one of the named plaintiffs in the discrimination case against Wal-Mart, Dukes is one of several witnesses who will discuss how the Supreme Court’s recent decisions may affect corporate behavior. (Find details on the hearing here.) [...]
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