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The Glory of Designs by Women (It’s About Time)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reimagines the record of fashion, celebrating designers known but also those long, and wrongly, forgotten.
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South Carolina Women Struggle to Get Seat at Table in Legislature
Originally published by Claire Carter for Carolina News and Reporter Women make up 51.3% of South Carolina’s population. But they’re only 14.7% of the state’s legislators. Across the country, state legislatures tend to…
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The World’s Most Powerful Women 2023
Meet the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, according to Forbes. The 2023 Power List was determined by four main metrics: money, media, impact and spheres of influence.
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Strong but ‘Feminine’: How Nikki Haley Navigates Gender as Only Woman in the GOP Race
Originally published by Sarah McCammon for NPR In a primary that’s been dominated by former President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and all of the other Republican hopefuls have worked hard to stand out. For Haley, that’s…
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Ireland to Vote on Valuing Women Outside ‘the Home’
Twin referendums will modernize Ireland’s conservative Catholic constitution to remove sexist language on women as housewives, and to recognize unmarried couples as families.
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SC Women Have Little Say in State Government. This Group Has a Plan to Change That.
It’s no small secret South Carolina women have little voice in state affairs. It was national news in 2016 when the number of women in the state Senate quadrupled — from one to four. That figure will have increased by just two members at the start of the 2024 legislative session. Women make up a little more than half the state’s population, yet they comprise less than 15 percent of the state Legislature. That ranks South Carolina among the bottom three nationally for women representation in state government.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Dies at 93
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and its most powerful justice for much of her tenure, died Friday at age 93. O’Connor, who retired in 2006 after nearly 25 years on the court, died in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the court said in an announcement.
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Could Restrictive New Voting Laws in Swing States Shift the Outcome in 2024?
Several key swing states have moved fast to restrict voting ahead of the next presidential election
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150 Women Ready to Change the Face of Power in Statehouses across the U.S. after Vote Run Lead Action’s RUN/51 Summit
Vote Run Lead Action recently held its national RUN/51 Summit in Detroit, Michigan, for women interested in running for office and running campaigns. More than 150 women and gender-diverse people from across the country attended.
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Victoria Achieves Gender Parity among MPs for the First Time
Premier Jacinta Allan says the affect of female MPs’ voices can be seen throughout their work in parliament