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Embracing Controversy Means Standing By Your Convictions
Tuesday’s elections were disappointing, to say the least, for me as a progressive woman. But this isn’t the time to throw up our hands in defeat. It’s time to regroup and lead ourselves forward. Today...
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Remembering Jeannette Rankin, First US Congresswoman
If women had held the preponderance of political leadership roles for the last few millennia, would peace have become more of a central organizing theme of history than war? Jeannette Rankin, a Montana...
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Friday Round Up: Does Gender Matter Anywhere Anymore?
After my keynote at the AAUW national convention last Sunday, I overheard an attendee tell her friend about the graphic I’d used of a hot dog with “No More” written in mustard on it. I didn’t have to...
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Seriously? Must a Woman Be Like a Man to Get Ahead?
That question comes up every time I speak with women about their career aspirations. A second question just as surely follows: if we can’t be authentically who we are, why would we want to “succeed” in...
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She’s Doing It: Joanne Tombrakos Taking the Non-Traditional Route
I can’t wait to read Joanne Tombrakos’s new and first novel, The Secrets They Kept and you are going to see why below. After reading Joanne’s story, I think you’ll join me in running out to buy her...
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She’s Doing It: Merle Hoffman –“It Takes Bad Girls to Get Good Things Done”
Often when I speak about No Excuses, I ask “When did you know you had the power to __(fill in the blank)___?” This question intrigues people, but rarely does anyone have as clear and direct answer as...
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She’s Doing It: Keli Goff Sizes up Politics and the Power of Women (Plus Big...
I’m leaping with joy: the paperback edition of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power is coming. On Leap Day February 29, 2012! Could there be a more perfect day for a book urging...
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We’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe: Women’s History Creates the Future
“If women want any rights more than they got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” — Sojourner Truth, 1797-1883. Former slave, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, Methodist...
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Loretta Lynn, The Pill, and Family Planning: Happy International Women’s Day!
Just in time to celebrate International Women’s Day, Catherine Eng contributes this blog post that celebrates a medical solution to family planning that many take for granted and yet remains out of...
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Aung San Suu Kyi Says Value Change Over Regime Change
“Regime change can be temporary, but value change is a long-term business. We want the values in our country to be changed.” As a contemporary figure making women’s history, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...
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