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NEWS ABOUT: women in office

women in office stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's resignation has fueled talk of a presidential bid, but the first female occupant of the Oval Office may yet be a Democrat, the Washington Post surmises. Here are some of the leading possibilities.
  • Kirsten Gillibrand: the New York senator has impressive fundraising chops and a killer
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Michelle Obama • women • president • Amy Klobuchar • Janet Napolitano • women in office • Sarah Palin • Kirsten Gillibrand

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's resignation speech on Sunday showed how far she's fallen, writes Maureen Dowd: "Once a blazingly confident media darling," the now-former Alaska governor has become a ranting, whiny "Nixon with hair extensions." It's a marked contrast from Hillary Clinton, who on the same... More »

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Hillary Clinton • women • secretary of State • resignation • Clinton 2008 • Election 2008 • women in office • Sarah Palin • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Gender Gap in GOP Is Striking, Problematic

Women compose 10% of GOP House, Senate; Dems are 23% female

May 11, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women may make up the majority of America, but they comprise just 10% of the GOP House and Senate—compared to about 23% for Dems—and that gender gap "could make the Republicans’ climb back to power even steeper," writes Erika Lovely in Politico. It's not that the... More »

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Congress • GOP • House of Representatives • Republican Party • Senate GOP • gender gap • women in office • US Senate

(Newser) - Andrea Kremer’s done nearly everything in sports journalism: produced, directed, and won Emmys for her stories. But come game time, she—like most women sports journalists—are stuck on the sidelines, the Washington Post reports. The play-by-play booth is reserved almost exclusively for men, who will broadcast the... More »

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women in office • sports journalism

 Nearing 60, 
 Streep Trumps 
 Hollywood's 
 Old Boys 

The anti-diva, a character actress at heart, is happy to play strong women

Jan 25, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Meryl Streep wasn't surprised when Mamma Mia! took the international box office by storm, and remained equally unfazed at the amazement of execs who hadn't expected the ABBA musical to succeed. The "fellas" who decide what films get made, Streep tells the Independent, "usually make those... More »

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Meryl Streep • women in office • Hollywood studios • Mamma Mia! • Doubt

In World First, Women Form Majority in Rwanda Assembly

Boosted by quota system, females take 44 of 80 of parliamentary seats

Sep 17, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The second parliamentary election in Rwanda since the 1994 genocide has ushered in the only majority female parliament in the world, the BBC reports. Of 80 seats, 44 went to women—and that 55% could go higher after additional voting. Under the constitution drafted after the genocide, 30% of MPs... More »

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Africa • genocide • Rwanda • parliament • election • women in office

ANALYSIS

 Will Women 
 Abandon 
 Palin, Too? 

What makes women shed their ideals to support Palin?

Sep 14, 08 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Geraldine Ferraro joined Walter Mondale's ticket in 1984, Ronald Reagan got a boost from women voters who may have felt threatened by Ferraro's personal and professional success. Nearly 25 years later, the effect of Sarah Palin joining John McCain contrasts sharply with Ferraro's fortunes, and prompts Newsweek to take... More »

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suffrage • Geraldine Ferraro • female voters • women in office • Sarah Palin • pollsters

 Palin's Female Fans Not 
 Confined to Right 

Some see evolving breed of feminism in those drawn to Republican VP nominee

Sep 10, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The crowds turning out for Sarah Palin show that the vice-presidential candidate is pulling her main support from conservative women. But she has also gained some followers who, though they identify as independents or Democrats, are "fed up with a man's world," the Washington Post reports. While some... More »

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Republican • feminism • female voters • women in office • Sarah Palin

 Is Palin a Woman's Woman? 

Women divided over conservative female veep pick's stand on women's issues

Aug 31, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate is drawing a mixed reaction from the female swing voters his campaign is desperate to woo, reports the New York Times. Some conservative women who have been lukewarm about a McCain presidency are energized by the pick, whereas many... More »

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John McCain • women • abortion rights • female voters • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • women in office • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

opinion

 Clinton's
 Sexism
 Charges
 'Insulting' 


Past women icons wouldn't make such claims: Noonan

May 23, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s claims of misogyny this week were cheap shots that history’s greatest women never would have uttered, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal . Suggesting that sexism is costing her the nomination is “insulting” and “manipulative”—it paints other candidates’ supporters as biased—... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • Peggy Noonan • women in office • misogyny

 Employers Ask
 Office Lovers
 to Sign Off 

'Love contracts' guard bosses against harassment claims

May 10, 08 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bosses who see love in the air are asking workers to sign so-called love contracts to guard against sexual harassment claims, ABC News reports. "It is documenting the relationship," one employment lawyer said. "You need to define the relationship. Is (it) welcome?" The issue has gained attention... More »

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sexual harassment • love • office • romance • contract • women in office

Ex-Gov. Helps Obama Sling Mississippi Mud

Mabus deplores divisiveness, Clinton's 'derogatory' statements

Mar 7, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A Barack Obama radio ad airing in Mississippi ahead of Tuesday’s primary features the ex-governor arguing that Hillary Clinton looks down on the state, CNN reports. Entitled “Respect,” the ad refers to remarks Clinton made about a lack of elected female officials in Iowa, when she said,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Mississippi • Democratic presidential primaries • attack ad • Ray Mabus • women in office

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