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Clinton tries ‘quiet diplomacy’ on Saudi female drivers’ protest
To those fighting for the right of Saudi women to drive, the issue seems to highlight the kind of discrimination against women that would be the perfect cause to elicit comment, and perhaps criticism, from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Spence expects female legislators to make mark
State Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Centennial, says active recruitment helped fuel last year’s election of a record-breaking number of women to the state Legislature.
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Anti-abortion female Republican candidates could change political equation in Senate
NEW YORK (AP) — An unusually large contingent of female Republican candidates with strong anti-abortion views is heating up debate on the issue and could change the political equation in the next Congress.
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Koa Beck: In Defense of Good Writing: Where Are the Strong Female Writers?
With the exception of a few female literary giants, it seems that even when a big publication does take note of a compelling female voice, she isn’t nearly as strong a writer as her male colleagues.
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2012 Project takes aim at recruiting female candidates
Washington Post WASHINGTON — Despite a number of high-profile female candidates this year, women have yet to break through in politics the way they have in the rest of the work force. Only 17 percent of members of Congress are women, and women make up just 24 percent of state lawmakers. Now, a group of activists and academics hopes to train a new generation of female candidates in time for the …
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Female accountants sponsor conference
Lori Davis and Denise Denning hope 18 months of work will pay off next week when certified public accountants, lawyers and other finance professionals from an eight-state region arrive to attend the American Society of Women Accountants’ regional conference.
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$5M grant competition to help homeless female veterans and veterans with families announced
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has announced a $5 million grant competition to provide job training, counseling and placement services (including job readiness, and literacy and skills training) to expedite the reintegration of homeless female veterans and veterans with families into the labor force.
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2010 NIC-10 Female Athlete of the Year
Jenna Combs has left her mark on the Harlem girls track team. She holds 11 school records as well as the conference and sectional records in the 300-meter hurdles.
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