Preventing Hate Crimes
AAUW’s 2007–09 Public Policy Program asserts that as a biennial action priority we will work to “guarantee equality, individual rights, and social justice for a diverse society.” Read more »
Crusader for Women Worldwide
Ritu Sharma has led a life that would appeal to anyone interested in social change. Sharma will be one of our keynote speakers at the National Conference for College Women […] Read more »
“G” Is For Girl
As a sports fanatic, it’s hard to talk about women in sports today and what the future holds. I have seen women athletes and women’s sports evolve, reinvent the norm, […] Read more »
Women and Music
There are other, more qualified music experts in my family, but as a music enthusiast (some might say snob), I volunteered to write about women in music. In my opinion, […] Read more »
A Day in the Life
Through a 2008–09 AAUW Campus Action Project grant, a team of students and faculty at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, are addressing issues facing single mothers who want to attend […] Read more »
Patricia M. Lowrie
When deciding which woman in academia to highlight in this blog, I decided not to focus on a well-known woman academic leader, such as a woman university president or a […] Read more »
Yours, Mine, Ours — A Woman’s History
March is Women’s History Month. If you are young enough to think “Why make a separate month just for women in history?” well, let me tell you. It wasn’t that […] Read more »
Fem2.0 – The Cutting Edge
I was lucky enough to be part of the Inauguration – on the Mall with my newest 1.5 million friends watching history change in front of our eyes. Well, I […] Read more »
Two Good Rulings from the Court
In October we reported on the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court for a significant sexual harassment case, Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. To recap […] Read more »
Eleanor Roosevelt and Human Rights
I was a fan of FDR long before I ever knew that his wife, Eleanor, had an influential role unlike most presidential wives before her and that after his death […] Read more »
