The midterm elections are over, leaving pundits and policy wonks alike to decode the messages voters were sending when they cast their votes. Though women are less likely than men to commit to voting or to label the midterms as critical, women turned out at the polls in larger numbers than men this year, just [...]
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What Women Want (in Government)
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Elect Her, health-care reform, midterm elections, Obama, politics, unemployment, women voters on November 13, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
From the Real to the Ideal: A Woman’s Nation and the Gender Gap for Women in Health Care
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women's Health, tagged awn, gender gap, hcr, health-care reform, healthcare, Linda Brodsky, Real to the Ideal, Sick and Tired, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, women's health care, women's healthcare on November 10, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Maria Shriver’s ambitious report, The Shriver Report — A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, has grabbed our attention and focused us on a national priority of the highest importance. Women’s equality is, I believe, an even greater priority than health care reform, because closing the gender gap is necessary for the success of a sustainable, productive [...]
What $20 Gets You
Posted in Women's Health, tagged cancer, health-care reform, healthcare, hospice, insurance on November 4, 2009, | 7 Comments »
The day my sister came home from the hospital after her first breast cancer surgery, I went to the local drugstore to pick up her initial dose of medicine. I had her insurance information and a $20 bill in my pocket. The pharmacist told me the total was “seventeen fifty.” Great, I thought, I can [...]
Fire It Up!
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, tagged college, college affordability, college funding, federal student loans, financial aid, health-care reform, SAFRA, Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act on September 28, 2009, | 2 Comments »
President Obama shouted these words on Thursday, September 17, as he addressed the large young crowd at the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center. AAUW gave me a ticket to the event, which landed me less than 30 feet from the president, along with union members, members of Congress, and other nonprofit workers. I was very excited [...]
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