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featuredimage They’re Off and Running….Emerge Kentucky Begins 2010 Candidate Training Program

Program Recruits and Trains Women to Run for Office Emerge Kentucky, a non-profit organization established in 2009 to recruit and ...

featuredimage Women Now Outnumber Men in the Workplace

by Catherine Rampbell, New York Times For the first time in recorded history, women outnumber men on the nation’s payrolls. This benchmark ...

featuredimage Oh Canada! Meet the Governor General of Canada – Michaelle Jean

As the winter olympics get underway in Vancouver Canada, Governor General Michaelle Jean plays host to the world.  Serving as ...

featuredimage Breaking More Barriers, Woman Takes P.B.A. Title

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelly Kulick became the first woman to win a Professional Bowlers Association Tour ...

featuredimage Nude Model Defeats Martha Coakley

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featuredimage Ellen Malcolm to Step Down as President of Emily’s List

After 25 years at the helm, Emily’s List Founder and President, Ellen Malcolm is stepping down from the day-to-day operations ...

featuredimage A LOOK BACK: 2009’s Top Women in Politics Stories

by Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine While 2008 brought disappointment for women hoping the glass ceiling would be shattered at the ...

featuredimage What will it Take for a Woman to be Elected President?

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News

First Woman Wins Oscar for Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director at the 82nd annual Academy Awards.  Nominated for nine Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker took home six awards at the ceremony held Sunday, March 7, 2010. Previous female director nominee, Barbara Streisand, present Bigelow her award.
The Hurt Locker tells the story [...]

Candidates

2010 TEXAS PRIMARY ELECTION: Gubernatorial Candidate Kay Bailey Hutchinson Falling Behind Far Right Conservative Incumbent Governor

On March 2nd Republican primary voters of Texas will select their nominee for Governor for the general election in November.  U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson at one time was considered the hands-on favorite, but now is slipping behind her opponent, Governor Rick Perry in recent polling.
While labeling herself a staunch conservative with the support of [...]

Campaign Tips

7 Deadly Sins of Tweeting Politicians

by Jordan Raynor
I have gone on a politician purge, unfollowing the vast majority of elected officials and candidates that I previously followed on Twitter.  Why?  No single group of people is more boring on Twitter.  Don’t take my word for it, a recent study by the University of Maryland agrees.
So to keep your elected official [...]

Winning and Losing

Mary Norwood Concedes in Atlanta Mayor’s Special Election

by SHAILA DEWAN, New York Times
ATLANTA — Kasim Reed, a former state legislator with a narrow lead in Atlanta’s mayoral race, began announcing plans for his administration on Wednesday, even as his opponent in the race, City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, called for a recount of the runoff election.
With all precincts reporting after the runoff on [...]

Fundraising

On Money and Politics

by Governor Ed Rendell
From Campaigns & Elections Magazine
Since I left office as mayor of Philadelphia, I have taught a course at my alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. The course is “Political Science – the Science of Getting Elected.”
A staple for my course material has always been case studies from issues of Campaigns & Elections—that’s [...]

Women's Issues and News

Being a Woman Veteran

by: Kayla Williams

(From the diaries – promoted by Brandon Friedman)
On Wednesday, I was honored and proud to be invited to the SHOUT!  Art by Women Veterans show put on in San Francisco by Swords to Plowshares, a great organization. It was amazing for me to be around so many other women veterans at one time. [...]

Organization News

Annual Ohio Democratic Women’s Caucus Gathering Draws Large Crowd

by Kathy Groob, Publisher ElectWomen Magazine
The Ohio Democratic Women’s Caucus(ODWC) packed a banquet hall in Columbus on Saturday for their annual women’s luncheon.  This year’s topic was centered on health care, specifically issues facing women and children.  About 400 women came together from all across Ohio to hear about the Democratic Party’s plan for 2010 [...]

Retro

A True Kentucky Pioneer: The Story of Kentucky’s First Female and African-American Senator

By Brandy Bailey, ElectWomen Magazine Contributor
At the time, Georgia Davis Powers had no idea she had made history in 1968 by becaming the first woman AND the first African-American elected to Kentucky’s State Senate.  All she knew was that she wanted to make a difference in her community.
It was never her intention to become a [...]