"We have a chance to change the composition of the electorate with women leading the way... ," said Page Gardner, founder and president of Women's Voices. She said the group wants to do that by focusing more attention on the marriage gap. A poll on the gap, which her group released today, shows that:
It seems more than ever, the “Good Ol’ Boys” network traditionally found in politics has met its match. Although Sen. Hillary Clinton did not win the Democratic nomination for president, women across the nation saw her candidacy as a historical step, making it easier for the next woman to pass through the door.
A national organization called Women's Voices Women Vote has launched a voter registration campaign to try and get unmarried women, who constitute a growing proportion of the U.S. population, to register and vote this election.
EAGLE COUNTY — Donna Spinelli can’t remember whom she voted for in the last Eagle County commissioner race, but now, the head of the Eagle County Republican Women said she’s definitely paying attention.
Thousands of women and girls will gather on Aug. 25, the first day of the Democratic National Convention, for "Unconventional Women," a symposium designed to raise the diverse voices of women in American politics. This nonpartisan event is open to the public. Tickets are available at www.unconventionalwomen.org and begin at $1. Hunt Alternatives Fund is the lead convener of this event and Ambassador Swanee Hunt, president of Hunt Alternatives Fund, will moderate each session. Proceeds will benefit four nonpartisan event partners: The White House Project; The Women's Campaign Forum; Latina Initiative; and Women's Voices, Women Vote.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Some women's groups with campus affiliations have been keeping busy through the summer break.
Ahead of the November presidential elections they are mobilizing registration drives, planning fall events and raising awareness about what's at stake in state ballot propositions on abortion laws.
Eighty-eight years ago today, Congress ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote.
The women’s suffrage movement did not arise as a major issue in the U.S. until the 1830s and 1840s. Women’s rights leaders, such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, first came together at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The convention challenged the nation to a major social revolution in all aspects — socially, legally and culturally. With about 300 men and women attendees, the convention became the launching point for women’s suffrage.
Statement of Page Gardner, President, Women’s Voices. Women Vote
For the first time in history, a majority of adult women in this country are unmarried, and almost a fifth of these women are single moms, with children living at home. In many ways, they are 'women on their own,' supporting themselves and often their children on earnings that are only 56 percent of what married men make.
The proverbial question for men has long been, "What do women want?" Well, I'm here to reveal the carefully guarded secret - at least to two men, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain. The rest of you fellas will have to keep guessing. (OK, I'll throw a bone here: Recognize in women the things they value in themselves.) Back to more substantial matters for our presidential hopefuls: Women voters, especially the unmarried ones, are the demographic key to this year's election. If you want their votes, you will have to approach them with respect and insight. Drop the reductive labels that diminish women into voting blocs - recall "soccer moms"? Few women can be packaged so neatly.
"Women's Voices. Women Vote." hopes to register close to 1 million unmarried women nationwide and at least 23,788 in Florida prior to the November general election, according to a press release.
If you are an unmarried women in Washington state and you're not registered to vote, there's a campaign to find you and fix that (the unregistered part).
The nationwide "You Count. Be Counted!" drive is being run by a national organization called Women expect to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and election day. They say they think they can get at least 4,000 in Nevada.
At the time, the group was targeting 228,000 unmarried women in Virginia. According to a news release issued by Women’s Voices, Women Vote, the organization has generated more than 20,000 registration applications.
On the vote by the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of the Paycheck Fairness Act
“This vote is a victory for the nation’s women, especially those who are single, separated, widowed or divorced. For the first time in history, a majority of adult women in this country are unmarried, and almost a fifth of these women are single moms, with children living at home. In many ways, they are ‘women on their own,’ supporting themselves and often their children on earnings that are only 56 percent of what married men make.