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Sally Ride, A Complete Heroine BY GLORIA STEINEM – 24 JULY 2012 No one on earth — or in space — could have created a more complete heroine than Sally Ride. She came from a family of strong and barrier-breaking women — a mother who devoted her life to working with women in prison and [...]
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Afghan women leave the country in fear of Taliban return Tracy McVeigh, The Observer, Sat 26 May 2012 A brain drain of bright young women is already taking place in Afghanistan before the 2014 handover that many fear will mean a reversal of advances in women’s rights. The lack of commitment by the Afghan government [...]
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via Kate Clinton Speaking of the Habit of Freedom… “We Are All Nuns” By Mary E. Hunt When it comes to the Vatican’s crackdown on women religious, I believe it’s time to declare that for the purpose of this struggle: we are all nuns. The mandate by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [...]
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And now Senator Scott Brown, who hopefully will soon be replaced by Elizabeth Warren but don’t hold your breath, is sponsoring a “bill that would allow employers and insurers to limit specific health care coverage, including contraception, based on religious or moral objections.” As yttik said in comments downstairs: “It is disturbing, but the truth [...]
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The attack was captured on video. Warning: it is VERY disturbing. From the Atlantic: “there is something especially barbaric about this photo. The taboo of violence against unarmed women is unusually strong in the Arab world. But to watch three soldiers beat a defenseless woman with batons, their fists, and for one extraordinarily cruel soldier [...]
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Saudi women defy ban to take driver’s seat Several women drive around in kingdom in open defiance of rule that prohibits them from driving. A number of Saudi women have defied a ban on driving by getting behind the wheel in the conservative kingdom. Friday’s show of defiance came in response to calls on social [...]
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Inspiration From the Land Where Dreams Come True by Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. Democratic Vice Presidential Nomination [Associated Press text of New York Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro's July 19, 1984 speech accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination as delivered at the Democratic National Convention, in San Francisco ] “Ladies and gentlemen of the convention: My name [...]
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One question: Where the HELL are the women?? I’m reading Ken Follett’s Fall of Giants which retells the history of the 20th Century in Europe and the United States. A great deal of it is about the Russian Revolution of 1917, history I know next to nothing about. Assuming the facts presented are basically true, [...]
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Immediately after the Friday prayers ended on 28 January, tens of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Imbaba neighborhood took to the streets calling for the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak who has ruled the country for 30 years. Police fired tear gas and fired rubber bullets while protesters responded throwing stones and other projectiles. URGENT [...]
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Whatever your political persuasion is– please VOTE and take advantage of the rights many women suffered to achieve. ‘Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.’ (see: Biden’s diagnosis of Anita Hill as just one example). This is the story of our Mothers and Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago. Remember, it was not [...]
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