AAUW has an extensive library that includes books about women’s issues. A few weeks ago when I visited it, I found Roberts vs. Texaco: A True Story of Race and Corporate America by Bari-Ellen Roberts (with Jack E. White), which details the case Roberts v. Texaco. It sounded familiar to me, so I took it [...]
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Hold Your Members of Congress Accountable on Women’s Issues
Posted in The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged AAUW, accountability, Congressional Voting Record, Lisa Maatz, video, women's issues, YouTube on February 11, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Lisa Maatz, AAUW director of public policy and government relations, lets you know about AAUW’s great tool to hold your members of Congress accountable on women’s issues.
114 Years Old and Counting
Posted in Women and Work, tagged Gertrude Baines, Two Minute Activist, women's issues on January 5, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I tend to think more about “the rest of my life” over New Year’s than on any birthday. I ponder how I have lived and what I have done and still want to do. I find that my ideas have been shifting as I get older, that I have given myself permission to not do [...]
Feminism 2.0
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, tagged blogging, Fem 2.0, feminism, Feminism 2.0, feminist, grassroots advocacy, Washington D.C., women's issues on November 14, 2008, | 1 Comment »
AAUW Dialog bloggers and readers know how important it is to harness the power of women on the Internet to promote women’s issues. After all, as AAUW members and supporters, you’ve been on the front lines of this forum, discussing issues important to you, sharing your thoughts and ideas, and taking action. That’s why we’re [...]
Blog Action Day: Women and Poverty
Posted in Equity in the News, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Blog Action Day, blogging, retirement security, women's issues, World Poverty Day 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 [...]
House Approves Bailout Bill
Posted in Equity in the News, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, tagged house votes, how did congress vote, voter guide, Wall Street bailout, women's issues on October 3, 2008, | 1 Comment »
I think we are all waiting for the magic bullet to help us collectively and personally survive the latest financial downturn “cycle.” A lot of folks are pinning their hopes on this bailout strategy, optimistic that it will slow the slippery slope we are experiencing nowadays. Like most of us, I try to keep to [...]
Obama Meets the Power Group
Posted in Voter Education, tagged McCain, Obama, pay equity, politics, Power Group, Power of One Vote, presidential election, Supreme Court, Voter Education, Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout, women's issues on July 30, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Last week, the Obama campaign reached out to women’s organizations, inviting AAUW and a number of our coalition partners to meet with the senator. I attended the meeting on Tuesday, along with the heads of roughly 30 other women’s organizations in Washington, D.C. — the “Power Group,” as Sen. Obama called us. He opened the [...]
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