In honor of Women’s History Month, AAUW’s Director of Public Policy and Government Relations Lisa Maatz will be speaking at a Capitol Hill press conference on March 30 to show our support for reintroducing the National Women’s History Museum bill in Congress. No matter where you are on Wednesday, you can show your solidarity in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NFL’
The Sales, Sexism, and Silliness of Super Bowl XLV
Posted in Sexism, Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, tagged Chicks in the Huddle, Crucial Catch, Football, Lingerie Bowl, NFL, pink, Super Bowl, Victoria Secret's on February 4, 2011, | 1 Comment »
This post was a collaborative effort from three of the AAUW national office’s die-hard sports fans: Laura Blyler, Claudia Richards, and Peggy Woods-Clark. Selling the Super Bowl Selling the Super Bowl begins each year in August with the preseason games. In recent years, big businesses and the NFL have finally noticed the increasing number of [...]
Marie Tillman and Memorial Day
Posted in NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Armed Forces, Memorial Day, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NFL, Pat Tillman, Pat Tillman Legacy Summit, Tillman Military Scholars, Women of Distinction on May 31, 2010, | 3 Comments »
Later this week, nearly 500 college women student leaders will descend on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park, to attend the 25th annual National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. The highlight of the conference is the Women of Distinction Awards, where five outstanding women will be honored for their work. Today, [...]
Real Men Wear Pink
Posted in Women's Health, tagged A crutial catch, American Cancer Society, breast cancer, Cancer Awareness Month, DeAngelo Williams, NFL, pink cleats on October 7, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
I turned on the television Sunday night and, since nothing on was exciting me, I flipped through the channels, stopping on a few football games to check out the scores. That’s when I noticed something I didn’t expect to see—the players were wearing pink shoes. Given the brutal nature of this testosterone-driven sport, I was [...]
No Women Allowed
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Dementia, NFL, Ralph Wenzel on December 15, 2008, | 4 Comments »
I don’t know about you, but my mornings are timed down to the last second, let alone minute. I know how much “spare” time I have before I will start to cause a backup and ultimately be late leaving the house to go to work. Sipping tea, listening to the news, I couldn’t quite believe [...]
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