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-  National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington Issues 2013 Early Endorsements for Outstanding Candidates in Local Races - May 14, 2013
Seattle – The National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington (NWPC-WA) is proud to annou...
 
-  Washington State Female Leaders Honor the Women Who Inspired Them - October 7, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cat-rambo/post_1003_b_754647.html
The National Women's Political Caucus of Washington's "Legacy of Powerful Women" event, held last ni...
 
-  Elena Kagan's Effect on the Supreme Court by Mary Kate Cary - August 4, 2010
http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/08/04/elena-kagans-effect-on-the-supreme-court.html
As Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court moves to a full Senate vote, the conventional wisdo...
 
-  My Favorite August by Gail Collins - August 13, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/opinion/14collins.html?_r=3
The story in American history I most like to tell is the one about how women got the right to vote 9...
 
-  Nancy Keenan Responds to Newsweek Article on Young Pro-Choice Activists - April 21, 2010
The article from this week's edition of Newsweek, authored by Sarah Kliff, generated a lot of health...
 
-  Payback for Prochoicers - April 5, 2010
If healthcare reform becomes law, you can thank prochoicers. In the end, forced to decide between sa...
 
-  Female "person of the year" - Thursday, December 17, 2009
Since Time hasn't given a woman that honor since 1986, we asked some feminist writers for their pick...
 
-  The real women's issues - Friday, March 13, 2009
These days are filled with women from whom the TV can't turn away.
The one with the 14 kids, no job...
 
-  Discord likely over ratifying women's rights pact - CEDAW - March 7, 2009
NEW YORK A global women's rights treaty completed 30 years ago has a better-than-ever chance for U....
 
-  President Obama wisely kills abortion "global gag rule" - Monday, Jan 26, 2009
President Obama signed an executive order ending the ban on federal funding for international groups...
 
-  Feminism, post-election - November 9, 2008
Sexism persists; witness Clinton's treatment and Palin's nomination.
By Vivian Gornick

For a se...
 
-  Sayonara - November 10, 2008
http://chicagotribune.com
In which we bid a fond farewell to Sarah Palin, God's gift to journalism and feminism—sort of

Kat...
 
-  Palin: wrong woman, wrong message - September 4, 2008
Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only yo...
 
-  Study: Women rise in state government leadership - August 12, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110ap_women_in_government.html
Study: Women rise in state government leadership

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The number of women in state gov...
 
-  Pay Remains a Gender Bender by G. Scott Thomas - June 12, 2008
"Equal pay for equal work." That phrase has been federal law for nearly half a century, ever since e...
 
-  Women in the Running by Maya Schenwar - Thursday 08 May 2008
Whether or not we elect a female president this year, the US has a long way to go when it comes to...
 
-  Political ambition lost in gender gap by Ruth Marcus - May 29, 2008
WASHINGTON -- As Hillary Clinton cracks her head against what she likes to call "the highest and har...
 
-  The 'Not Clinton' Excuse by Marie Cocco - Thursday, May 22, 2008
A woman? Yes. But not that woman.

It is the platitude of the moment, an automatic rejoinder to an...
 
-  Goodbye To All That (#2) by Robin Morgan - February 2, 2008
Goodbye To All That” was my (in)famous 1970 essay breaking free from a politics of accommodation esp...
 
-  Women are Never Front Runners - January 8, 2008
By GLORIA STEINEM

THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer...
 
-  What are we waiting for? - October 2007 Newsletter
Dear Members and Friends?

The other day my niece asked me why I support Hillary Clinton for Presi...
 
-  New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer

Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new ...
 
-  Dearth of Women in Some Area City Councils, Survey Shows - 3/25/07
Dearth of Women in Some Area City Councils, Survey Shows
The Women?s Political Caucus Encourages Wo...
 
-  It's time for women to re-ignite political spark of '92 - March 25, 2007
By SUSAN PAYNTER

Objects seen in the rear view mirror may appear larger than they really are. Th...