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It’s Expensive Being a Woman

Posted in Sexism, Voter Education, Women and Economic Security, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 23, 2008, | 4 Comments »

It’s apparently big news how much money was spent for vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s new campaign wardrobe. I am not saying that $150,000 isn’t a lot of money to spend on clothes, but it does seem that the world has higher fashion standards for women than it does for men. If Joe Biden wears [...]

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Battle of the Sexes

Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Economic Security, tagged , , , on October 22, 2008, | 1 Comment »

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”
— Helen Keller
In a recent article in the NonProfit Times, entitled “The $5 Billion Battle of the Sexes,” women came out on top in one aspect of the [...]

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Stressed Out Women

Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Economic Security, tagged , , , , , , , on October 21, 2008, | 5 Comments »

My sleep is not as sound as it used to be. I wake up worrying about financial issues. All my life I’ve been told to buy a house, put as much as possible toward retirement, and use advice about stock market issues. What’s that old adage of “don’t buy high and sell low?” Well, through [...]

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Blog Action Day: Pay Equity to Help End Poverty

Posted in Women and Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 15, 2008, | 1 Comment »

Conversations about poverty often revolve around comparing and contrasting people on either side of a government-established income level, trying to process exactly what causes poverty and how to improve the outcomes for those who are struggling. What assistance is most effective and how do we truly improve the lives of so many? I can’t help [...]

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Blog Action Day: Women and Poverty

Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2008, | 2 Comments »

Back in the day on “girls’ night out,” I would sit around, wine in hand, with friends as we plotted our retirement. All of us worked for nonprofits that had little or no retirement plans, so we decided that our best bet would be to commit a crime and have the government take care of [...]

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