Women’s rights
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Female hopefuls for Congress smash record again, as more Republican women seek office
As of July 1, 574 women had filed to run in primaries for U.S. House seats, topping the record 476 from two years ago.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2020
Women thrive in Northeast U.S., languish across the South
The annual Bloomberg analysis measures factors such as labor-force participation, education, political representation, health care and corporate leadership.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
South Berwick-based food writer, co-author taking heat for cookbook’s title
A blogger, who claims to have coined the phrase 'Rage Baking' in 2015, says the book overlooks her efforts to fight racial injustice through cooking.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2020
Another View: ERA ratification likely dead on arrival in the Senate
Discrimination persists, despite the Fifth and 14th amendments. But many Republicans in Congress don't seem to care.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2020
Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside
The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch for female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shutout of women directors for Sunday’s awards
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2020
Democratic AGs sue to force U.S. to ratify Equal Rights Amendment
Before Virginia’s vote this week that made it the critical 38th state to approve the ERA, Nevada in 2017 and Illinois in 2018 were the most recent to ratify the amendment.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
Study shows some gains for women in music biz, but men still dominate pop charts
The study revealed that for 2020, the percentage of female nominees in five of the highest-profile Grammy categories accounted for nearly 21% of all nominations in those fields.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2020
Virginia lawmakers pledge Equal Rights Amendment will pass. Then what?
The proposed 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution faces a host of likely legal challenges and vehement opposition from conservative activists.