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Valentine’s Day is not the only thing being celebrated over the coming week. Across the country thousands of women will be celebrating something even more special, the 90th anniversary of the League of Women Voters. Chapters across the nation will be holding celebrations throughout the week to mark the anniversary, which is actually February 14th. Read More...

Posted 13:46PM on February 08 2010 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (0)

Categories: Equal Pay, Gender Equality, In the News, On the Issues, Women's History | Tags: League of women voters

This is part of the Fem 2.0 Blog Carnival, Wake up, This is the Reality!: A Fem 2.0 campaign to shift the public narrative around work/life.  Read More...

Posted 10:32AM on February 05 2010 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (0)

Categories: Gender Equality, In the News, Mothers, On the Issues, Sexism | Tags: Fem 2.0, Work life balance

Here in the United States we, as women, face many challenges when running for office. But many of them are ones we can easily overcome with a little tenacity and maybe some support from people we care about. In fact it would be safe to say the only thing standing in our way is ourselves. But in spite of that we still don’t see enough women running for office.


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Posted 09:46AM on February 02 2010 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (0)

Categories: Candidates, Elected Women, In the News

Posing the idea that legislation such as the health care bill would have an easier time passing through congress if there were less men and more women is not a new concept around these parts. We’ve written numerous blog posts about that very idea and even pointed out research that has proved that theory.

What’s a little new to the mix is a Congresswoman coming right out and saying so.


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Posted 10:29AM on January 26 2010 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (1)

Categories: Elected Women, In the News, On the Issues | Tags: Carol shea-porter

I've always written letters to my senators. I don't remember how many, I just know that there were quite a few and they covered a myriad of issues that in my young mind were the most important issues in the world. Usually regarding the treatment of animals, development amid the foothills around my hometown, high traffic areas where there needed to be a stop sign, and of course a women’s right to choose. Read More...

Posted 11:37AM on January 22 2010 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (1)

Categories: Hillary Clinton, In the News, On the Issues, Women's History | Tags: Blog for choice, Roe v. wade
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