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This past Sunday over 150 people gathered at Hyde Park in New York to celebrate one of the most amazing women in the history of the feminist movement. Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884 making Sunday her 125th birthday. Here at WomenCount Eleanor Roosevelt holds a very special place in our hearts because she of course chaired the original Presidential Commission on the Status of Women in 1961 that was put into place by President Kennedy.

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Posted 13:06PM on October 13 2009 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (2)

Categories: Equal Pay, In the News, Women's History
Since the 2008 election, women have had several opportunities to gain seats in both the House and Senate. But so far, unfortunately, we’re at a net loss: down two seats in the House and even in the Senate. Read More...

Posted 07:00AM on October 01 2009 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (1)

Categories: Candidates, In the News, WomenCount PAC
I couldn’t help but get caught up in reading Marcus Buckingham’s recent post on Huffington Post, What's Happening To Women's Happiness? It seemed to strike a chord with a few others and I was no exception. The basis for the post came from a U.S. General Social Survey that’s been being conducted since 1972. One of the questions on the survey is, “How happy are you on a scale of one to three, three being very happy and one being not very happy. Read More...

Posted 07:00AM on September 30 2009 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (2)

Categories: On the Issues

Recently I stumbled upon an article in a local Sioux City paper website that caught my attention, Wanted: Women lawmakers. Not being that finding more women lawmakers is one of our goals here at WomenCount I of course read the article immediately. As it turned out Sioux City is sorely lacking in female candidates, and they’re looking. Read More...

Posted 07:00AM on September 25 2009 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (4)

Categories: Appointed Women, Candidates, Elected Women, Gender Equality

A lot of buzz has been surrounding the recent results of a study done by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Chicago that gave evidence that female politicians accomplish more then their male counterparts. We here at WomenCount don’t like to say “We Told You So,” but ahem, we told you so.

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Posted 09:41AM on September 22 2009 by Meghan Harvey | User Comments (1)

Categories: Appointed Women, Candidates, Elected Women, Gender Equality, Hillary Clinton
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