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This is the next in our summer series introducing you to some of the passionate and committed members of the AAUW Action Fund Capitol Hill Lobby Corps. Do you have a lobbying story of your own? Share it in the comments box below. We want to hear from you, too. Nancy MacKenzie was driving along [...]

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The state of Louisiana contains 64 parishes; one of them is named Vermilion. If you’re not a bayou state native, you’ve probably never heard of it. But if you care about equal educational opportunities for girls and boys, you’d do well to learn a little more about what’s going on there. Just before the start [...]

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AAUW has spent the better part of the last 90 years fighting to achieve gender pay equity for American women. We like to believe that we are as well-versed in the history of this epic struggle as just about anybody, and today we are working nonstop to see the Paycheck Fairness Act become law. Occasionally, [...]

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The buildup to Supreme Court confirmation hearings normally leaves Washington, D.C., in a frenzied state. Robert Bork was the conservatives’ dream and the liberals’ nightmare. Clarence Thomas was replacing Thurgood Marshall. John Roberts was the first nominee for chief justice in nearly two decades. Sonia Sotomayor was the first Latina ever nominated. You get the [...]

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Title IX celebrates its 38th anniversary today, while, simultaneously, a court battle is being waged over whether or not the Quinnipiac University competitive cheerleading squad is considered a sport for Title IX purposes. As a former cheerleader myself, one whose squad collectively had one girl capable of more than a cartwheel, I would have to [...]

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