In 2009, WCF reported that female Chiefs of Staff on the Hill had hit the glass ceiling: Three years of stagnant statistics showed no significant increase in the percentage of House Members with a female Chief of Staff.  Less than one-third of House Members’ Chiefs of Staff were women.
 This year, statistics reveal that the [...]

Editorial by the New York Times
For nine years, Wal-Mart has fought to stave off a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company has long discriminated against its female workers in pay and promotions. So far it has avoided a trial on the merits of the issue. The battleground instead is whether the million or so women [...]

By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau for the LA Times
With this fall’s midterm elections, the number of women serving in Congress could drop for the first time in a generation — a twist on a political season many had dubbed “the year of the woman.”
If large numbers of Democratic incumbents lose in November, as expected, [...]

By ANNA HOLMES and REBECCA TRAISTER, Op-Ed Contributors for the New York Times
TWO years ago today, Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee, introduced the world to his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. Chosen by Mr. McCain’s campaign strategists as a cynical rejoinder to the ill-starred presidential bid of Hillary Clinton, [...]

August 26 is the 90th Anniversary of Women Gaining the Right to Vote
NEW YORK – Congressman Charles Rangel released the following statement in celebration of Women’s Equality Day, on August 26, 2010, the 90th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote.
Thursday, August 26, marks the 90th anniversary of the final ratification of the 19th [...]

A Forgotten Fight for Suffrage
Op-Ed for the New York Times, by Christine Stansell
LOOKING back on the adoption of the 19th Amendment 90 years ago Thursday — the largest act of enfranchisement in our history — it can be hard to see what the fuss was about. We’re inclined to assume that the passage of women’s [...]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) conceded her primary race Tuesday night after she failed to close the gap on attorney Joe Miller in the ongoing vote-counting process.  With the removal of Senator Murkowski at the end of the year, the number of women in the U.S. Senate will drop to 16.
Murkowski gained just 38 votes on [...]

The New York Times Magazine ran an interview with former Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies who happens to be Chelsea Clinton’s new mother-in-law.  While declining to talk about the happy couple or wedding details, she was more than willing to talk about her passion, The Women’s Campaign International.
Working in emerging democracies and post-conflict regions around the world, [...]

Ninety years ago today, women got the right to vote. Here’s the text of the 19th amendment, which was ratified on August 18, 1920, by the Tennessee General Assembly: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account [...]

On Sunday, March 21, Liz Ping, took her first steps towards the future when she announced her candidacy for the office of State Representative in Ohio’s 29th District. Speaking to an excited group of supporters and dedicated campaign volunteers and staff, Ping stated, “I will make it my business to meet with and listen to [...]