Born just after the Civil War to a distinguished Kentucky family that included a number of elected officials, Sophonisba Preston, a.k.a. “Nisba,” Breckinridge was one of many successful women who were clearly influenced by their fathers. A liberal lawyer, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge supported both abolition and women’s suffrage, and paid his daughter’s tuition at Wellesley College.
After graduating in 1901, Breckinridge taught high school mathematics in Washington D.C. while her father was a congressman, and then read law upon their return. In 1895 she became the first woman to …

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I made a big discovery yesterday. Those of you who do not have testosterone running through your bodies are apparently unqualified to discuss international finance.
Recently Gov Palin wrote an article discussing international finance and the decline of the dollar. She wrote in part:
The British newspaper The Independent reported today that Gulf oil producers were negotiating with Russia, China, Japan and France to replace the dollar in pricing oil …

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I often hear the argument that policy is more important than representation. That somehow it is just as good to have a man in government that will work on women’s issues as having a woman.
I say: Bullsh*t!
How many of our male politicians are speaking out for women? Healthcare is now our country’s biggest issue and women’s issues are not being dealt with in the proposed legislation. Thank goodness we do have strong women like Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and others to speak out for us (hat tip …

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One of the best parts of my tiny, rigorous law school is the spiritual generosity of its affiliated community. Last year one evening I spirited myself away to a secluded restroom to freshen up before a late interview. I ran into my Property professor similarly composing herself; for a moment we leaned together towards the mirror over the sink and gossiped like sisters.
In that brief conversation my professor taught me …

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This week, a National Republican Congressional Committee press release had this to say about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
…taxpayers can only hope McChrystal is able to put her in her place.
Put her in her place?  You must be kidding!
Come on NRCC, stick to the issues and AWAY from the sexism!!!
AND NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP:
Contact the NRCC and let them know that sexism IS NOT OKAY!

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This article by The New Agenda’s Nancy Hopkins is published at MORE.com and also featured in the Cheat Sheet at The Daily Beast.
Hopkins, an MIT professor, walked out when the president of Harvard implied that women scientists were innately less talented than male ones. Now, the Nobel Prizes give her the last laugh.
It’s been a spectacular week for women in science, and a bad week for “the Larry Summers hypothesis.” In 2005, while president of Harvard, he suggested that women are inherently worse than men at math, science and engineering, …

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For all of the controversial statements we’ve heard in recent years about which fields are best suited to the lovelier sex, today women may rightly celebrate headlines filled with female scientists’ achievements.
JoAnne Stubbe
Since 1895 when Alfred Nobel established the Prize to honor outstanding achievers in the fields of science, literature, peace, or medicine, 754 men have been awarded alongside 35 female laureates.  While many more men than women have taken these prestigious awards, women have long held their own in the Nobel arena.  …

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