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All Major U.S. News Networks Are Now Being Run by Women
CNN has appointed Amy Entelis and Virginia Moseley to help run the news network while it hunts for a permanent replacement for outgoing CEO Chris Licht
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What Greek Mythology Teaches Us About Women’s Resistance
Originally published in The Conversation by by Marie-Claire Beaulieu After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the Supreme Court …
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The Unexpected Women Blocking South Carolina’s Near-Total Abortion Ban
They call themselves the “Sister Senators” and three of them are Republicans.
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Could California’s Next Governor Be Female?
California women have shattered some significant glass ceilings. But alongside all those famous firsts are some lingering imbalances in the state’s power structure.
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How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court
An abortion ban struck down. The lone female justice retiring. And a majority-male legislature rallying behind the one male candidate to replace her. This is how South Carolina ended up with an all-male Supreme Court as new abortion legislation looms.
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Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Wagner Reed, Who Resurrected the Legacies of Women in Science
In 1992, the geneticist Elizabeth Wagner Reed self-published “American Women in Science Before the Civil War,” a book highlighting 22 19th-century scientists. One of them was Eunice Newton Foote, who wrote a paper…
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Trailblazing Black News Correspondent Gail Christian Dead at 83
Gail Christian, who broke barriers as a Black on-air correspondent and rose to national prominence at NBC News and PBS, died on April 12 in Los Angeles. She was 83. The cause was complications of…
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Patty Murray Becomes First Female US Senator to Vote 10,000 Times
In a rare moment of bipartisanship warmth Thursday, the top Democrat and Republican in the Senate halted floor action for a few minutes to praise Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, after she cast…
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Women Lawmakers Come to Feinstein’s Defense
Women across the aisle are defending Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), saying they see sexism and ageism in the calls for her to resign from Congress.
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Jacinda Ardern: By Doing Politics Differently, She Changed the Game and Saved Her Party
This week marks the beginning of Jacinda Ardern’s life outside parliament, since she officially ceased to be an electorate MP at midnight last Saturday. Her legacy as prime minister will be discussed and disputed,…