While the federal government and some state legislatures have rolled back on women’s rights and protections, other states are taking up the banner, enacting new state laws that protect reproductive health and equal pay, among other concerns. In the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Carrie N. Baker points out these advances, many due to the increased number […]
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Pretty, well-dressed women earn more
“I want to walk in the room and be seen as fierce and somebody who’s not going to back down so instantly,” a female executive headed into an important meeting said. Her black dress and zippered, black leather jacket made a powerful presentation. “I never would have worn pastels today.” Attractiveness, for women based on […]
Best dressed congresswoman offered 1st equal pay bill
Ever hear of Winifred Stanley? The first person to introduce equal pay legislation in Congress? Me neither, but a recent Washington Post article changed that. Rep. Winifred C. Stanley was a Buffalo, NY, Republican, who gained a congressional seat on a $6 campaign budget. Despite a successful career as a tough prosecutor who won the […]
Boosting women’s wages
When ReShonda Young became operations manager of her father’s Waterloo, Iowa transportation and maintenance contracting business seven years ago, she noticed that a woman who had worked for the company, Alpha Express, for years was still making a little over half of what her male counterparts made. Without getting authorization, Young called the business’s accountant […]
Female Peace Prize winners get less
This year’s $1.5 million Nobel Peace Prize will be divvied up among three African women. Call me cynical but—once again—women get paid less than men. Why must each woman receive one-third of the prize money? Why not give them each $1.5 million? Every individual winner (e.g., Mother Teresa, Barak Obama, Henry Kissinger) gets to keep […]
Collins pens a winner on American women
“Amazing” is often overused, but author and New York Times columnist Gail Collins uses it powerfully in her book title, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. An enlightening and energizing read, Collins opens with the tale of 28-year-old Lois Rabinowitz who in 1960 was thrown out of […]
