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NEWS ABOUT: glass ceiling

glass ceiling stories: 6 news summaries
MLB'S GLASS CEILING

 For Female Umps, 
 No Field of Dreams 

Female umpire speaks out against baseball's 'stained-grass ceiling'

Nov 2, 09 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Forget blown calls. The real problem with umpires in the MLB, says Perry Barber: A complete lack of females. Barber, who has been in the business since 1981, works high school, college, spring training, and Independent League games—and tells DoubleX , “ We’re just going to have to storm... More »

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sports • MLB • sexism • umpire • baseball • umpires • glass ceiling • Jay-ZTV • women's issues

Pitcher Is First Woman to Play in Japan Pro League

17-year-old faces 2 batters, strikes out 1

Mar 27, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eri Yoshida became the first woman to play professional baseball against men in Japan today, where the pitcher had a strikeout in her debut, the AP reports. The 17-year-old, whose signing was widely viewed as a publicity stunt, faced just two batters, walking the first and allowing a stolen base.... More »

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Japan • women • pitcher • Tim Wakefield • baseball • glass ceiling • Eri Yoshida • strikeout • gender equality • knuckleball

OPINION

 Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes? 

Why hasn't the 'Claire Huxtable' generation been accepted into the mainstream?

Jul 20, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's no wonder Michelle Obama is being criticized from all sides: She's an outspoken, successful black woman, writes Sophia A. Nelson in the Washington Post. "This society can't even see a woman like Michelle Obama. All it sees is a black woman and attaches stereotypes," a prominent female... More »

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Michelle Obama • stereotypes • racial inequality • black women • glass ceiling • African-Americans

OPINION

 Why White Men Are
 Warming Up to Hillary 

Is Clinton drawing more male voters because she's jumped the gender divide?

May 9, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a woman makes it to the White House, it will be thanks largely to Hillary Clinton's demonstration of late that she could move beyond annoying stereotypes of the strong female, writes Susan Faludi in the New York Times. Instead of being a goody-goody rules-pusher—"the purse-lipped killjoy... More »

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Hillary Clinton • fight • gender politics • gender roles • male voters • glass ceiling

OPINION

Doesn't Matter If Dems Fight: McCain Has Already Peaked

Lefty and righty both see a ceiling for Republican hopeful

Apr 23, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bruising Obama-Clinton battle is giving Republicans hope and Dems heartburn, but those feelings are misplaced, bloggers right and left agree: John McCain isn’t gaining on either potential fall opponents—and might indeed have hit his ceiling. At a moment that “ought to be peak time” for McCain,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Arizona • glass ceiling

Norway
Shatters Its
Glass Ceiling

Nation requires 40%
of big companies' boards to be female

Mar 6, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A state-mandated shattering of Norway's glass ceiling is drastically changing gender balance in boardrooms there—and not without some resistance, the Guardian reports. A law that 40% of non-executive board directorships at larger firms must go to women went into effect Feb. 22—and though a dozen Norwegian companies failed... More »

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CEO • business • Norway • gender discrimination • gender gap • board of directors • sex ratio • glass ceiling • gender in business

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