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- Obama Diversity Promise Makes Second Cabinet Like First - [Bloomberg]
- For Immigrant Women, Path to Congress is Slower - [Huffington Post]
- What President Obama Can Learn from Female Senators - [Washington Post]
- The Equal Futures Partnership - From Promise to Progress - [Newsroom America]
- Former Federal Official Addresses Issues with US Education System - [Daily Targum]
- Why Margaret Thatchers Outnumber Marissa Mayers - [Wall Street Journal Market Watch]
- Feminist Movement Marches On - [Santa Barbara Independent]
- Kamala Harris Accepts 'Old Pal' Obama's Apologies Over 'Good Looks' Remark - [News Track India]
- Kamala Harris Accepts President Obama's Apology - [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Record Number of GOP Women Running for NJ Offices - [Hispanic Business]
- Group Seeks to Boost Women as Mayors - [USA Today]
- League of Women Voters to Host 2014 Project Alabama to Encourage Women Candidates - [WVTM-TV]
- HOPE Inspires Women to Lead in Politics and Beyond - [NBC Latino]
- The Curtain Rises on Black Women Candidates - [Afro]
- When It Comes to Women in Politics, Is Rhode Island an Outlier? - [Providence Phoenix]
- Sexist Attaks Against Stothert Among Most 'Disgusting' One National Expert Has Seen - [Omaha Herald]
- Where ARe All the Ladies At? Female Leaders Under-represented in N.J. - [New Jersey Newsroom]
- Georgiana Vines: Speaker Harwell Offers Thoughts on Legislature, Women in Government - [Knoxville News Sentinel]
- Author Explores the Obstacles for Women in Politics - [Cincinnati Enquirer]
- Can Christine Quinn Become The First Female Mayor of New York City? - [International Business Times]
- EMILY's List Sets Sights on Statehouses in 2014 - [National Journal]
- Activists Celebrate International Women's Day at Fla. Capitol - [WFSU News]
- The Jeannette Rankin Effect - [About.com/US Government Info]
- Obama Nominations: Will They Silence Diversity Critics? - [USA Today]
- Cabinet Picks May Lull Diversity Critics - [HispanicBusiness.com]
- Obama Nominations: Will They Silence Diversity Critics? - [Detroit Free Press]
- Women's Feelings on Gun Control Issue May Affect 2014 Elections - [Columbus Dispatch]
- Women Focus on Children in Gun Debate - [San Franciso Chronicle]
- Women Vastly Outnumbered in Utah Politics - [Daily Herald]
- Lovely Warren Needn't Await the Boys' Approval - [Democrat and Chronicle]
- A Second Act for First Lady - [Irish Examiner]
- Vermont's Political Gender Gap - [Valley News]
- Power Vacuum for Women Still Evident Under the Gold Dome - [Macon Telegraph]
- U.S. Congress Inspires Progress - [The Daily Reveille]
- Obama's Cabinet Shaping Up to Be a Boys Club - [CNN]
- Obama Criticized Over Cabinet Gender Gap - [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Op-ED: Can Women of The 113th Congress Change U.S. Politics? [Digital Journal]
- Obama's Second-Term Cabinet Cast Leaving Women in Waiting - [Bloomberg]
- Record Number of Women in Congress Out to Change Tone - [Detroit Free Press]
- Women Step Up to Get Conservative Women Elected - [Star Tribune]
- Olympia Snowe: A Career of Firsts and Fights - [Kennebec Journal]
- Heck of a Rally, Bullet-Proof Incumbents and False Alarms - [The Columbian]
- Mrs. De Blasio and The Pigeonholing of Political Spouses - [City and State]
- Can Mommy Bloggers Harness Their Political Power? - [Newsday]
- Fewer Women in State Legislature: Lowest Number Since 1991 - [Western Front]
- Twenty and Counting - [New York Times]
- (Once Again) Hillary Clinton Teaches Us How to RUn the Political Table (Are You Listening, Susan Rice?) - [Huffington Post]
- Michelle Obama's Next Move - [Daily Beast]
- Changing Demographics? More Like Enduring Ignorance - [Canada Free Press]
- 1,750 Women Will Serve in State Legislatures in 2012: How Many Are in Your State? - [Policymic]
- Elect More Women - [The American Prospect]
- Women to Play Bigger Role in Politics in 2013 - [Park Rapids Enterprise]
- Politifact NH: Voters Elected Most Diverse Congress - [The Telegraph]
- Female Senators Decline in N.M. Legislature - [Albuquerque Journal]
- How Will Women GOP Senators Vote on Women Paycheck Fairness Act? - [Opposing Views]
- In Contrast to Congress, Diversity Diminishes in Washington Legislature - [The Seattle Times]
- Medicare in Cross-Hairs of Lame Duck Congress - [Women's Enews]
- Kathleen Kane Says Her Win 'Expanded the Boundaries for Women in Pennsylvania' - [The Patriot-News]
- Support Diversity in Iowa Legislature - [The Daily Iowan]
- Women on the Hill - [The Record]
- Truthdiggers of the Week: Women in the U.S. Senate - [Truthdig]
- Do Democrats Owe Their Senate Majority to Women? - [Washintong Post]
- In New Hampshire, A Retail Political Culture That's Great for Women - [The Atlantic]
- Single Women Voted Overwhelmingly in Favour of Obama, Researchers Find - [The Guardian]
- Student Organizations React to Tuesday's Election Results - [Independent Florida Alligator]
- Election Shows What Women Want - [CNN Opinion]
- White Guys Running the U.S. House Face Diverse Democrats - [Businessweek]
- Women's Electoral Might Grows in New Hampshire, US - [Boston Globe]
- Women Rule New Hampshire from Concord to Capitol Hill - [Businessweek]
- In U.S. Election, American Women Made Themselves Clear - [Montreal Gazette]
- With Senate Wins for Elizabeth Warren and Others, A New Year of the Woman? - [Washington Post]
- Women Candidates Broke Many Barriers on Election Day 2012 - [Today]
- Female Candidates Made Big Gains in the 2012 Election - [Washington Post]
- NH is 1st State with All-Female Capitol Delegation - [Seattle PI]
- Another 'Year of the Women' in Congress - [Wall Street Journal]
- NH is 1st State with All-Female Capitol Delegation - [Houston Chronicle]
- Women Winning Senate Races Will Set Record in January - [Businessweek]
- Four Ways Women Won the 2012 Election - [Time]
- Did America Just Elect Its First Woman President? - [Forbes]
- Wisconsin's Tammy Baldwin is First Openly Gay Person Elected to Senate - [CNN Politics]
- Rising Stars: Women Running for Congress Today - [Altmuslimah]
- Will Election 2012 Be The Next Year of the Woman? - [Forbes]
- Memo to Media: Most Working Women Are Put in a Bind, Not a Binder - [Huffington Post - Women]
- Jeannette Rankin: First Woman in Congress - [Biography Now]
- Potential Election Day Firsts: Races to Watch - [KPLU-Seattle]
- State Legislature Doesn't Reflect Constituency - [Dickinson Press]
- Control of the Senate Hangs on Several Key Races - [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
- Analysts: Female Voters to Have Significant Impact on Election - [WHEC-Rochester]
- CA Women Got Vote A Century Ago - [The Union Democrat]
- Why The White House Glass Ceiling Remains Solid - [WBUR-NPR]
- Presidential Candidates Needed to Focus on Appealing to the Women and Youth Vote - [The Telescope]
- Obama Fights for Female Voters He May Have Lost - [The Sun News]
- Women's Vote Still Important in U.S. Race - [UPI]
- Women Hold Balance of Power in Presidential Race - [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
- Hopefuls Target Women's Isusses in US Vote - [France 24 International News]
- Obama Tries to Regain Women Voter Edge - [Politico]
- CNN Pulls Report about Link Between Ovulation and Voting - [National Monitor]
- Obama, Romney Wage War for Women - [Hispanic Business]
- Gender Gap Widens in Massachusetts, Brown's Wife Hits TV - [Bloomberg]
- Obama's Strong Pitch to Women Prompts Romney Stumble - [Reuters]
- The People Who Can't Even Vote - [Huffington Post - College]
- Complexity of Women's Rights Issues in Election Provokes Strong Reactions across Campus, Country - [Tufts Daily]
- Women Take Their Case to the Ballot - [New York Times]
- GOP Activist: Women are Not 'One-Issue' Voting Bloc - [Charlotte Observer]
- Election Could Come Down to What Women Want - [Chicago Sun-Times]
- Jill Biden Rallies Women Voters in Greensboro - [FoxNews-WGHP]
- Battle for Ohio Heats Up - [Boston Globe]
- How Martha Raddatz's Abortion Question Won the Vice-Presidential Debate - [Forbes]
- Woman Power Could Decide 2012 - [Politico]
- What Women Voters Want - [Washington Post]
- Women Across Nation, South Jersey Making Record Strides on Campaign Trail This Year - [South Jersey Times]
- The Past, Present, and Future of the Women's Vote - [The American Magazine]
- Romney Candidacy Turns the Gender Gap into the Grand Canyon - [Big Think Blog]
- Outside Looking In - [Rutgers Magazine]
- Nebraska Women Face Partisan Gap in Politics - [NET Nebraska]
- This Time It's True: Women are Driving the Political Machinery - [The News Tribune]
- Women's Issues, Women's Voices - [News-Sentinel]
- In US, Democrats Continue to Lead GOP in Nominating Women - [Bikyamasr Independent News]
- Women Running for Congress in Record Numbers - [Ms. Magazine]
- Women Running for Congress in Record Numbers - [NY Times]
- Record Number of Women Running for Congress in 2012 - [About.com]
- Record Number of Women Nominated in U.S. Senate, House Races - [Yahoo! News]
- Record Number of Female Congressional Candidates - [MetroFocus]
- Record Amount of Women Run for Election in Senate, House - [Daily Targum]
- Women Head for The Hill in Record Numbers - [NPR]
- Fact Sheet: Equal Futures Partnership and United States Commitments to Expand Women's Political and Economic Participation - [The White House]
- Democrats Risk No Female Governor, First Time in 17 Years - [Bloomberg]
- Editorial: Wanted: More Women in Elected Office - [Star-Ledger]
- Women for Mitt: Why They Say It's Obama Waging a 'War on Women' - [Christian Science Monitor]
- Mikulski Touts Role of Women in Congress - [Baltimore Sun]
- What do Women Want in a Presidential Candidate? - [Denver Post]
- Analysts Say Ann Romney Speech Succeeded on Two Levels - [Los Angeles Times]
- Women at The Republican National Convention - [MissRepresentation]
- Republicans Turn to Ann Romney to Help Shore Up Support Among Women - [Dallas News]
- Romney's Story Needs Some Punching Up - [Tampa Bay Times]
- The BlogHer'12 Conference Returns to New York City - [Huffington Post]
- It's Women's Equality Day This Sunday - [Jewish Journal]
- Local Women Reflect on Women's Suffrage - [KGET-TV]
- Cathy McMorris-Rogers: High-Profile Spokeswoman for GOP - [Seattle Times]
- Women Must Fight on - [Times Union]
- 2 Awesome Ways Women Are Winning at Career, Politics, and Life in General - [Glamour]
- Todd Akin Resists Mitt Romney's Call, Stays in the Senate Race - [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
- Record Number of Women Run for Congress, Win Primaries - [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Women Well Positioned To Increase Ranks in Congress, State Legislatures - [Las Vegas Sun]
- Historic Number of Women on Ballots Could Lead to Historic Year for Female Lawmakers - [RH Reality Check]
- Women Senate Candidates Winning the Fundraising Battle - [POLITICO]
- Abortion: The New Wedge Issue - [The American Prospect]
- For Female Congressional Candidates, A Record Year - [Texas Tribune]
- Pennsylvania Lags in Number of Female Legislators - [Philadelphia Inquirer]
- Hillary Clinton Gets Her Revenge on Husband Bill in Hit TV Drama Series - [The Guardian (UK)]
- Your Morning Jolt: Karen Handel to Head Up GOP Recruitment Effort - [Political Insider]
- Women Candidates for State Legislature Fight to Increase Representation - [Huffington Post]
- Record-Breaking Year for Female Candidates - [Mahtesian Blog, Politico]
- Women as 'Political Animals': TV Shows Art Imitating Life - [Huffington Post]
- Record Number of Women Running for US House - [USA Today]
- Record-Breaking Number of Women are in the Running for House Seats - [National Journal]
- Lilly Ledbetter, Her Battle Should Inspire All of Us - [Kennebec Journal]
- Number of Women Running for US Congress at Record Level - [The Guardian UK]
- Gillibrand '88, Long '82 Face Off in NY Senate Race - [The Dartmouth]
- New York's Wendy Long Faces Kirsten Gillibrand in Two-Woman Senate Contest - [Washington Post]
- Long Wins Republican Nod to Challenge Gillibrand in NY's First All-Female Senate Race - [Riverhead Local]
- 2012 Elections Could See Record Number of Women Running for House Seats - [Huffington Post]
- Women Candidates Breaking Records - [VitaminW]
- Campaigns Court 'Walmart Moms' - [Portland Press Herald]
- New Analysis Shows More Women Running for Congress - [Latina Lista]
- Wal-Mart Moms Torn on Health Care Become Campaign Targets - [Bloomberg]
- Did The Wisconsin Recall Teach Us The Wrong Lesson About Women Voters? - [RH Reality Check]
- Why There Are So Few Women in Congress - [U.S. News & World Report]
- High School Students Launch Petition for Female Moderator at 2012 Presidential Debates - [ABC News]
- Bad Week Aside, Female Voters Still Love Obama More Than Romney - [Daily Beast]
- Where Women Matter Most in Election 2012 - [Forbes]
- State No Longer a Mecca for Female Candidates - [The News Tribune]
- More Women Emerge to Change Politics - [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Crashing the Party: An Oakland Nonprofit Gets Women Ready to Run for Office - [The Monthly]
- Women in Congress, On the Decline? - [Independent Voter Network]
- The Cracked Pipeline: How Redistricting Targeted Women Lawmakers n Statehouses Around the Country - [Talking Points Memo]
- In 'Scandal' and 'Veep', Can Female Politicos Be Powerful - and Sexy, Too? - [The Nation]
- War on Women Can Be Fought at the Polls - [Seminole Chronicle]
- The 2012 Project: Women Wanted - [Huffington Post]
- Female Voters May Decide Outcome of 2012 Election - [Independent Voter Network]
- Good Night Eileen: Women, Money and Politics - [Portland Financial Examiner]
- Deb Fischer's Win Should Not Erase The Discussion of the War on Women - [Washington Post]
- U.S. Ranked No. 25 Country for Mothers - [CT Post]
- Women Ponder How They Became a Campaign Issue - [The State]
- Ind. Delegation May See Gender Shakeup - [WISHTV8]
- Indiana Delegation Could See Gender Shakeup - [Real Clear Politics]
- Warren Beating Brown Would Send First Woman to Senate - [Bloomberg]
- Indiana Delegation Could See Gender Shakeup - [Fox19]
- Women Ponder How They Became a Campaign Issue - [Artesia News]
- Training Programs Aim to Prepare Women for Political Arena - [Daily Herald]
- Nine Women in 3 States Win Congressional Primaries - [TrustLaw]
- Don't Get Mad, Get Elected: Will 'War on Women' Prod More to Run? - [News Tribune]
- A New Perspective on Women - [Two River Times]
- Why 2012 Could Be a Year of the Woman - and Why It's Important that Women Run - [Forbes]
- Then There's This: Woman's Work: Trying to Crack the Copper Ceiling at City Hall - [Austin Chronicle]
- Groups Pushing to Elect Women - [Clarion-Ledger]
- 'She Should Run': Groups Push to Elect More Women in Louisiana and Conservative South - [The Town Talk]
- Will the 'War on Women' Get Women into Office? - [Washington Post]
- Romney and Obama's Totally Pointless Battle for Youths - [Atlantic Wire]
- Gender Debate Takes Unexpected, Galvanizing Turns - [Journal Sentinel]
- Rosen to Romney Leaves Some Women Weary of Mom Debate - [Bloomberg]
- Campaigns Fight for Women's Votes - [The Tennessean]
- Senate Women Find Unexpected Clout - [Miami Herald]
- Can a New Program Get More Women on the Ballot in 2012? - [CBS News, video]
- Still Hoping for a Year of Women Candidates - [Washington Post]
- Moms Praised as Romney, Obama Hunt for Women Voters - [Bloomberg]
- Women in Government: Could 2012 Be Another Year of the Woman - [GovLoop]
- Obama, Romney Wage Ware Not on But for Women (Voters) - [WBUR]
- The Bittersweet Mosaic - [National Journal]
- Romney and Obama Court the Women's Vote with A War of Words - [KPCC, audio]
- "Ready to Run" Invites Women to Jump Into Politics - [IIP Digital, U.S. Department of State]
- Will Pennsylvania Elect Six Out LGBT Freshman Legislators in November? - [The New Civil Rights Movement]
- Obama Fore! Women - [New York Post]
- Politics and Women's Rights (CAWP director Debbie Walsh speaks on a panel discussion) - [C-SPAN video]
- Monday Musings: We've Come A Long Way, Baby - [Hanford Sentinel]
- Are Millennial Women Good Stewards for Future of Women's Movement? - [Star-Ledger]
- Birkholz and Kowalski-Braun: Michigan Needs More Female Politicians - [Lansing State Journal]
- Twenty Years On, 'Year of the Woman' Fades - [The Washington Post]
- Parity, not Party - [Santa Barbara Independent]
- Who Will Elect the Next President? - [The Patriot Post]
- Ready to Run? Michigan Needs More Women in Elected Office, Experts Say - [Grand Rapids News]
- Show A Young Women Trust: Tell Her to Vote - [Courier-News]
- 2012 Election: Add Women, Change Everything - [genConnect]
- Political Outlook: The Republican Assault on Women's Rights - [GoLocalProv]
- Two Indiana Women May Be Part of a Bumper Crop for Congress - [Indystar]
- How the GOP Can Woo Women Voters: By Focusing on the Right Issues, the Republican Party Ccould Be the Home of Independent Women Voters - [Chicago Tribune]
- Violence Against Women Act: History Of Reauthorization, And Why Democrats Win No Matter What - [International Business Times]
- Winning with Women in 2012 - [edhat]
- Why Are There So Few Female Lawmakers Representing PA? - [Philadelphia Inquirer]
- Where are the Women in Ohio Politics? - [Mansfield News]
- Silvana Tabares, Chicago Journalist, Pursuing Open Seat in Illinois Race - [Huffington Post - Off the Bus 2012]
- Are Female Voters to Blame for the Failure of Female Candidates? - [Huffington Post]
- Republican Party in Need of Prominent Spokeswomen - [USA Today]
- Men Dominate in Ohio Legislative Elections - [Lancaster Eagle Gazette]
- Why Jane Won't Run for Office - [Journal Gazette]
- Analysis: Men Rule Local Politics - [Concord Monitor]
- Dahlkemper, Other Panelists to Urge Women to Run for Office - [Erie Times-News]
- Senator's Exit Widens Gap - [Indystar]
- Debbie Walsh: 'Men Run to Be Somebody. Women Run to Do Something.' - [Boise Weekly]
- Sounds Crazy, But This Could Be the Year of the Woman - [Women's Enews]
- Women and the Leadership Gap - [The Daily Beast]
- Males Still Rule in NJ Politics - [Asbury Park Press]
- Ready2Lead: Center for American Women and Politics - [Go Lead Idaho]
- Iowa Lacks Women in Local and National Politics - [The Daily Iowan]
- Winning with Women - [Santa Barbara Independent]
- Women in Politics: Why We Need More Women in Office - [Huffington Post]
- Rick Santorum Makes Appeal to Women, New Campaign Strategy? - [Reuters]
- Can She-PAC Help Republicans Solve Their Woman Problem? - [National Journal]
- Congresswoman Martha Roby weekly column - [Dothan Eagle News]
- Women's Health an Issue for Both Sexes - [Knox News]
- Campaign Aims to Get More Women into Politics - [Democrat and Chronicle]
- B.G.'s First Female Mayor Hopes to Inspire Others - [The Columbian]
- Roby and Sewell: Friendship Crosses Party Lines in D.C. - [Montgomery Advertiser]
- A Political Battle with the Old Boys' Network - [VOXXI News]
- How to Win Female Votes: What Obama Can Learn from Elizabeth Warren - [The New Republic]
- Too Few Women Serve in the State Legislatures - Think About Running - [Care2Causes]
- Campaign Encourages More Women to Enter Politics - [Ithaca Journal]
- Emerge Wisconsin Aims to Elect Democratic Women - [Post Crescent]
- State Senator Encourages Women to Seek Political Office - [Daily Reveille]
- Gov. Bev Perdue and Women in Politics - [Charlotte Observer]
- Doubling the Number of Women in Elective Office by 2022 - [Kansas City infoZine]
- Political Parity Launches Year of Women Campaign - [Ms. Magazine]
- Group Offers Online Political Training to Recruit Women - [Bluffton News]
- South Carolina Tries to Break Political "Old Boys Network" - [Reuters]
- Wide-ranging, Bipartisan Campaign Aims to Get More Women into Politics - [The Journal News]
- Political Parity's Drive to Help Women Win - [The Daily Beast]
- More Women in High Office - [The Times-Tribune]
- Bipartisan Effort Seeks More Women in High Office - [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Getting Women to Run - [Deseret News]
- Conference to Prepare Women for Politics - [Abington Journal]
- Women Take on Ladership at Conference - [Standard-Examiner]
- Michelle Obama Not First Lady to Face Scrutiny - [Chicago Tribune]
Gender Affirmative Action Doesn't Have Negative Consequences - [Medill Reports] - Free Training Saturday Intended to Help More Utah Women Seek Elected Office - [Deseret News]
- How Women Vote - [KPCC News - audio]
- More Women Seeking, Achieving Greater Political Clout in Wisconsin - [Post Crescent]
- Commitment to 2012 –Women's Political Organizations Engage in Massive Recruitment Efforts - [ElectWomen Magazine]
- Iowa Caucus: What's in it for Women? - [Huffington Post]
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