Today, we are raising awareness about the need for fair pay and hoping for a future when Equal Pay Day happens on December 31 instead of April 17. But our hope must be built on action. As we get closer to November, it’s important to consider how we can use the 2012 election to close [...]
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Inequality is Still Alive and Kicking
Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged AAUW, Abigail Adams, Bella Abzug, Cleopatra, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jane Austen, Kofi Annan, Margaret Sanger, Olympe d Gouges, Plato, Qiu Jin, Rebecca West, Rosa Parks, Rush Limbaugh, Sor Juana de la Cruz, Volydymyr Lytvyn, Women in World History, Women's History Month, women's rights on March 30, 2012, | 3 Comments »
The saying “what’s old is new again” popped into my mind as I reflected recently on the passing of yet another March honoring women in history. I love history in all forms, about all subjects, and one constant in our ever-changing world is the vicious cycle of history repeating itself. As I read the headlines [...]
40 Years Later, the ERA Still Has a Long Way to Go
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, Ben Cardin, Carolyn Maloney, congress, Equal Rights Amendment, politics, Robert Menendez, Senate, Tammy Baldwin, war on women, Washington D.C. on March 22, 2012, | 1 Comment »
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. — Section One of the Equal Rights Amendment On this day in 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment. In the 40 years since, it has been ratified by 35 states [...]
AAUW Coretta Scott King Fellows: Scholars and Women of Action
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, coretta scott king, Coretta Scott King Fellows, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Lisbeth Gant-Britton, Nell Irvin Painter, Portia K. Maultsby, Redenia C. Gilliam-Moose, Rutgers University, The History of White People, women's rights on February 29, 2012, | 1 Comment »
The 1960s were a decade of profound change and hope in the development of equality for African Americans, and Coretta Scott King was a powerful and influential advocate for the rights of African American women. In a Solidarity Day Speech in 1968, she called for women to “unite and form a solid block of women [...]
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