She The People: women


Posted at 01:54 PM ET, 08/14/2012

New gay general: A salute is in order
By Bonnie Goldstein
Brig. Gen Tammy Smith is the first openly gay member of the US military to be promoted to general.

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  01:54 PM ET, 08/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  US Army, Brigadier General, 4-star, women in the military

Posted at 07:57 PM ET, 08/08/2012

Sikh temple shooter's ex-girlfriend shows female face of hate
By Patricia Murphy
Misty Cook is blonde, rosy cheeked and pretty, but the sweet-looking mother of one is also the ex-girlfriend of the gunman who brutally killed six Sikh worshipers in Milwaukee temple.

By Patricia Murphy  |  07:57 PM ET, 08/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Misty Cook, Wade Page, ex-girlfriend, Sikh, temple, shooting, skinhead, ADL, women

Posted at 12:11 AM ET, 08/01/2012

Does stress make us more hag-like?
By Bonnie Goldstein
According to research, women are more stressed out than men, and it could be making our brains age faster.

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  12:11 AM ET, 08/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  aging, stress, women, marriage

Posted at 08:13 AM ET, 07/12/2012

Why Michelle Obama’s very American story still causes a stir
By Mary C. Curtis
It’s obvious from just a glance into the faces of Americans of every race that we’re all mixed up, and that many white Americans are not as white as they suppose.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  08:13 AM ET, 07/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  michelle obama, barack obama, slavery, american history, african american, women, discrimination

Posted at 01:31 PM ET, 07/03/2012

Whose Fourth of July is it, anyway?
By Michelle Bernard
This holiday, some Americans will recall the Republican Party of Frederick Douglass, President Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth and wonder how that party lost its way.

By Michelle Bernard  |  01:31 PM ET, 07/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  July 4th, Declaration of Independence, African Americans, Women, Hispanics, Discrimination

Posted at 01:08 PM ET, 07/03/2012

Not-so-Magic Mike: Let’s not imitate men who objectify women
By Sandra Fish
A pickup line at the Aspen Ideas Festival is just another example of how men think they're being flirty when they're not.

By Sandra Fish  |  01:08 PM ET, 07/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Magic Mike, Aspen, men, women, pickup lines

Posted at 10:04 AM ET, 07/02/2012

Martha Burk: ‘Who’s in charge? Why should women care?’
By Mary C. Curtis

By Mary C. Curtis  |  10:04 AM ET, 07/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  war on women, Martha Burk, voting, 2012 elections, Democrats, Republicans, pay equality

Posted at 02:44 PM ET, 06/28/2012

After Supreme Court’s ruling, Obama touts the Affordable Care Act’s benefits for women
By Sandra Fish
Everyone isn’t pleased by a health care act that ends gender-based pricing and covers birth control and more.

By Sandra Fish  |  02:44 PM ET, 06/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  President Barack Obama, health care reform, Supreme Court, Election 2012, women, insurance

Posted at 10:38 PM ET, 06/27/2012

New York's Wendy Long Faces Kirsten Gillibrand in Two-Woman Senate Contest
By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker  |  10:38 PM ET, 06/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Wendy Long, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina, women, 2012, New York

Posted at 01:56 PM ET, 06/18/2012

The star of the ‘Life of Julia’ has gone missing
By Patricia Murphy
Friends say she became despondent after the “Life of Julia” went viral and nobody from the Obama campaign stepped up to defend her

By Patricia Murphy  |  01:56 PM ET, 06/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Julia, Life of Julia, Barack Obama, Obama campaign, women voters, female

Posted at 09:47 AM ET, 06/07/2012

The best women of our lives
By Donna Trussell
In 1946, "The Best Years of Our Lives" captured the zeitgeist of a war-weary nation. Sixty-six years later, the film still resonates.

By Donna Trussell  |  09:47 AM ET, 06/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  veteran, best years of our lives, william wyler, ww2, world war II, war, women, military, soldier

Posted at 11:47 AM ET, 06/01/2012

Only three in 10 women think a war on women exists
By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker  |  11:47 AM ET, 06/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  war on women, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, reproductive health, abortion rights, economy

Posted at 08:25 AM ET, 05/31/2012

Mitt Romney and GOP women: He had them at ‘economy’
By Mary C. Curtis
It would be too simple to say Republican women don’t care about health care or equal pay. Rather, it’s a matter of both style and substance.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  08:25 AM ET, 05/31/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mitt romney, barack obama, republicans, democrats, women, war on women, ann romney, economy

Posted at 11:45 AM ET, 05/17/2012

GOP Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison asks: What war on women?
By Lori Stahl
Senator endorses Romney, questions Democratic claims of a GOP campaign against female interests.

By Lori Stahl  |  11:45 AM ET, 05/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Kay Bailey Hutchison, war on women, Rick Perry, GOP, Romney

Posted at 03:27 PM ET, 05/16/2012

Deb Fischer’s win should not erase the discussion of the war on women
By Suzi Parker
The war on women isn’t simply about female candidates ousting their male counterparts. It’s much more than that.

By Suzi Parker  |  03:27 PM ET, 05/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Deb Fischer, war on women, Bob Kerrey, Nebrasaka, abortion rights, equal rights amendment, 2012

Posted at 04:18 PM ET, 05/07/2012

A new ‘dumping ground’ for murdered women demands more focus
By Lori Stahl
The discovery outside Ciudad Juarez has reignited fear of “femicide.”

By Lori Stahl  |  04:18 PM ET, 05/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  drug cartels, femicides, Mexico, border, women murdered

Posted at 01:40 PM ET, 05/07/2012

Abortion debate lines are as blurry as an ultrasound
By Diana Reese
"This baby is only the size of a lima bean but I love it already,” I told a friend who writes romance novels — and gave that line to one of her heroines.

By Diana Reese  |  01:40 PM ET, 05/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Planned Parenthood, war on women

Posted at 07:44 PM ET, 04/23/2012

Violence against the wrong women
By Patricia Murphy
Do lesbians count as “abused women" if they are beaten by a woman instead of a man? Should gay men be protected from violent partners?

By Patricia Murphy  |  07:44 PM ET, 04/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Violence Against Women, VAWA, Democrats, Republicans, John Cornyn, Jeanne Shaheen, gays, lesbians, immigrants, tribal

Posted at 09:26 PM ET, 04/21/2012

In art and in life, nuns finally get their due
By Melinda Henneberger
After a Vatican crackdown on U.S. sisters last week, the public reacted with an outpouring of sympathy and support.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  09:26 PM ET, 04/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  #WhatTheSistersMeanToMe, Catholic nuns, Vatican crackdown on nuns, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Dolores Hart, Christopher Durang, "God is the Bigger Elvis," "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You,", James Martin, Doubt, John Patrick Shanley

Posted at 09:48 AM ET, 04/19/2012

The women who don’t believe Mitt Romney — and like that about him
By Mary C. Curtis
His reputation as someone who knows how to work several sides of an issue could work to his advantage with female voters looking for reasons to support him.

By Mary C. Curtis  |  09:48 AM ET, 04/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Democratic convention, Charlotte, war on women, Ann Romney, Hilary Rosen, Dream Act, women's vote

Posted at 06:02 PM ET, 04/16/2012

War on Women 2.0: Jobs
By Delia Lloyd
In the war over women voters, there hasn’t been even a brief lull.

By Delia Lloyd  |  06:02 PM ET, 04/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  war on women, timothy geithner, women and recession, women and job loss

Posted at 10:12 AM ET, 04/13/2012

Still hoping for a year of women candidates
By Sandra Fish
The 2012 Project is trying to take advantage of new districts, open seats and the voter turnout of a presidential election to get more women elected.

By Sandra Fish  |  10:12 AM ET, 04/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  2012 Project, women candidates, 2012 elections

Posted at 09:58 AM ET, 04/12/2012

Mitt Romney should write Hilary Rosen a thank-you note
By Melinda Henneberger
Wasn’t there a little bit — okay, a lot — of the class divide Republicans are always complaining about in Rosen’s retro put-down of Ann Romney?

By Melinda Henneberger  |  09:58 AM ET, 04/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, women voters, Hilary Rosen, DNC

Posted at 02:27 PM ET, 04/05/2012

Violence against women is no joking matter
By Michelle Bernard
It is incredibly sad that 18 years after the Violence Against Women Act was passed, Congress is questioning reauthorization of the act.

By Michelle Bernard  |  02:27 PM ET, 04/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Violence Against Women, VAWA, Congress, Women's Rights, Crime and Criminal Justice, Feminism, Boston University

Posted at 12:24 PM ET, 03/29/2012

Arlen Specter's dirty old man routine should inspire women
By Suzi Parker
Mr. Specter, keep the dirty talk going about Palin and women. Maybe once again you’ll inspire women to return to the political trenches.

By Suzi Parker  |  12:24 PM ET, 03/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Arlen Specter, Sarah Palin, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, sexism, war on women

Posted at 08:57 AM ET, 03/26/2012

Re: Why more women don’t run for office
By Karen Tumulty
It turns out the voters actually want a woman candidate to fight back, which is a good lesson to remember.

By Karen Tumulty  |  08:57 AM ET, 03/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  women in politics, women candidates, sexism

Posted at 11:37 AM ET, 03/25/2012

Why women don’t run for political office
By Melinda Henneberger
SHE THE PEOPLE | Are women less willing to endure — and dish out — personal attacks?

By Melinda Henneberger  |  11:37 AM ET, 03/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  women candidates, women in politics, Karen Tumulty, Citizens United, Michele Bachmann, Connie Morella, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin

Posted at 02:15 PM ET, 03/21/2012

Marrying your rapist: A new low in women's rights in Morocco
By Delia Lloyd
Women in Morocco gathered to protest the death of a 16 year-old girl who took her life after being forced to marry her rapist.

By Delia Lloyd  |  02:15 PM ET, 03/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  International Women's Day, women's rights, Morocco Rape Marriage Law, Marrying Your Rapist, Violence Against Women

Posted at 02:24 PM ET, 03/19/2012

Jobs before birth control
By Diana Reese
Who has time to worry about the “war on women” when you’re concentrating on keeping your family clothed and fed?

By Diana Reese  |  02:24 PM ET, 03/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rush Limbaugh, Chris Matthews, Hardball, economy, jobs, Obama, GOP primary, birth control, war on women

Posted at 09:25 AM ET, 03/19/2012

Ruth Barcan Marcus, integrating the obits
By Sandra Fish
“Women rarely die, it seems,’’ an NYT reader once complained, to which an editor responded that many of those dying came of age in an “era largely run by men." 

By Sandra Fish  |  09:25 AM ET, 03/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Ruth Barcan Marcus, New York Times, obituaries, philosophy, women

Posted at 04:02 PM ET, 03/16/2012

Violence against women: A partisan issue?
By Lori Stahl
Every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted last month to oppose reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, despite easy readoption in 2000 and 2005.

By Lori Stahl  |  04:02 PM ET, 03/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  violence against women, Senate, Planned Parenthood, political parties

Posted at 01:28 PM ET, 03/09/2012

Whose war, and on which women?
By Melinda Henneberger
Is there no official in either party willing to say wrong is wrong? If so, he or she has yet to step to the mic.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  01:28 PM ET, 03/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Women, She the People, Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh

Posted at 07:57 AM ET, 03/08/2012

The pillbox primary
By Patricia Murphy
The candidate’s wives must do what their husbands cannot — come across as trustworthy, relatable, and aware that the 21st century started a while ago.

By Patricia Murphy  |  07:57 AM ET, 03/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  GOP primary, Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Karen Santorum, Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, Rush Limbaugh, contraception, women's vote, women voters'

Posted at 10:46 AM ET, 03/07/2012

Can women bring civility to politics?
By Sandra Fish
When we make up 51 percent of the population, we could almost plead taxation without representation.

By Sandra Fish  |  10:46 AM ET, 03/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Olympia Snowe, women in politics, 2012 elections

Posted at 04:52 PM ET, 03/02/2012

When Rush Limbaugh talks, who wins and who loses?
By Melinda Henneberger
For GOP candidates, this one is a “Sister Souljah” no-brainer — unless they’re afraid of what’s-his-name.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  04:52 PM ET, 03/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Nancy Pelosi, GOP war on women

Posted at 03:48 PM ET, 02/29/2012

Santorum remembers the ladies in Michigan speech
By Melinda Henneberger
“My mom was a professional who actually made more money than her husband.”

By Melinda Henneberger  |  03:48 PM ET, 02/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Santorum, Karen Santorum, Elizabeth Santorum, women voters, GOP primary

Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 02/23/2012

Rick Santorum's poodle-skirt vision of America
By Donna Trussell
COLUMN | Let these pro-life Republican men who are so concerned about innocent lives put their money where their mouths are.

By Donna Trussell  |  01:29 PM ET, 02/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  rick santorum, foster friess, birth control, violence, women

Posted at 12:12 PM ET, 02/11/2012

Female Navy vet: Santorum has a point
By Elizabeth Reintjes De Angelo
There are real issues of equality for women in the military, but they have nothing to do with forcing women into submarines or onto the front lines.

By Elizabeth Reintjes De Angelo  |  12:12 PM ET, 02/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rick Santorum, GOP primary, women in combat roles, Santorum on women in combat roles, U.S. Navy

Posted at 04:00 PM ET, 02/10/2012

Dallas boys go on expensive field trip, girls stay behind
By Lori Stahl
About 5,000 fifth-grade boys in Dallas were taken on a field trip to a new movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, while fifth-grade girls remained at school.

By Lori Stahl  |  04:00 PM ET, 02/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Santorum, combat, women in combat, Red Tails, gender disparity

Posted at 10:50 AM ET, 02/10/2012

Santorum and women in combat: You want ‘other emotions,’ senator?
By Melinda Henneberger
Our writers respond to GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s comment that “other emotions” could hinder female soldiers in combat roles.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  10:50 AM ET, 02/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Santorum, Santorum and women in combat, Rick Santorum, Pentagon rules on women in combat

Posted at 10:51 PM ET, 02/09/2012

Yeardley Love’s home team
By Melinda Henneberger
Unlike abused women who don’t know whom to call or whether they’ll be believed, she couldn’t have been more supported.

By Melinda Henneberger  |  10:51 PM ET, 02/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Yeardley Love, George Huguely V, University of Virginia, domestic abuse, abused women, Huguely trial, lacrosse

Posted at 03:16 AM ET, 02/01/2012

Florida women dump Newt
By Bonnie Goldstein
Were they just too mature for him?

By Bonnie Goldstein  |  03:16 AM ET, 02/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Gingrich, Florida Republican primary, women voters