The following article is cross-post with the express permission from the blog Female Science Professor. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
A reader writes:
Dear Female Science Professor,
Maybe you had this topic before on your Blog but I was wondering if you do also frequently receive offers to occupy leading positions “because you are a woman.” I am a female science professor at an institution with few female professors – in fact I think we are far less than 10%. This is …

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Despite the fact that in every presidential election since 1980 the turnout rates for women have exceeded the turnout rates for men, women will again be asked this November to choose between two men for the Oval Office. Most women will decide to vote for their political party’s nominee, and because “Republicans are slightly more likely to be male than female — although slightly less so today than in 2008,” a gender gap is …

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January 2012 marks the 11th annual National Mentoring Month. Among youth, mentoring programs such as Big Brothers, Big Sisters has led to lower drug use rates, better school attendance, and improved self-esteem. Having a mentor beyond one’s teens and during their education and professional development are important as well.  The American Psychological Association notes that female graduate students need mentors, and research shows that female graduate students rank having a female mentor is highly important …

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“Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no loaf. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.”
-GK Chesterton
This is intended to be not just a riposte, but a screed. I have read one too many of those damn Hillary Clinton for VP  opinion articles and I think my uterus may have finally come unmoored. I supported Hillary in 2008. I …

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Women have slowly but surely made their way into the corporate world over the last few decades. Still, only 18 women are running Fortune 500 companies. These female CEOs have broken the gender barriers in business, but not without many years of hard work, rejections, and slow promotions. Here are the 10 most successful female CEOs of all-time:

1. Patricia Woertz
Patricia Woertz is the CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, a Fortune 500 food production company …

Over the last two weeks, as Newt Gingrich’s nomination prospects have been falling, voters’ dissatisfaction has been rising, and it has become clear that the presidential contest will likely be between incumbent President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, an amazing thing has been happening.
Three women have been rising in the presidential field. Two are not even running.
Both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are the subjects of media speculations and draft efforts from former supporters (see: Clinton, Clinton, Palin, and Palin). While …

Everyday I check the news for articles relating to women and the sciences or math.  I was intrigued by an article that came up in my search today called Women in Startups: Is There Room for Us and Our Mad Baby Fever?  The author, Elisa Gabbert, was describing the horrific messages issued forth to women and the abysmal assumptions made in another article that was posted at TechCrunch by guest author Penelope Trunk on December 11.  Ms. Trunk’s article was called Stop Telling Women to do Startups and the gist …

The following article is cross-post with the express permission from the blog Taylor Marsh. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
Walking into the polling booth, February 5th was unlike any experience I had ever felt. There was a sense of urgency in the air and excitement.
And when Hillary Clinton gave her concession speech, in Washington D.C., my sister-in-law informed me she had to sit and watch with her daughter, because this was history in the making.
Taylor’s book captures all this …

You’ve heard it dozens of times, yet the fact remains.  Fifty-one percent of the people in the United States are women, but only 17 percent of U.S. Senators are women.
Sure, that’s better than the presidency (0 out of 43).  It’s on par with the House (73 out of 435).  And it’s close to the record for governors (9 out of 50, which occurred in both 2004 and 2007).
Still.
2010 started well.  As the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers explained, a record number of women – 36 – filed …

Conflict with police has become a staple at Occupy Wall Street protests across the land. So why is one woman being singled out to take the blame, being asked to resign, and targeted for ouster?
For those not in the know, Linda Katehi is the Chancellor of UC Davis, where a viral video of police pepper-spraying sitting protesters was filmed on Friday, November 19th. Here’s the film, for those who haven’t seen it.

This incident started when alleged police brutality erupted on the UC Berkeley campus, where another viral video was filmed, …