President Obama congratulates his first appointee to the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She is only the third woman to sit on the highest bench in the land.
From the creation of the White House Council on Women and Girls to the State Department’s global focus on women’s rights, President Obama is scoring points with feminists who worked against him in the primaries.
It’s about time America’s ladies, who account for more than 60 percent of the voters, got some respect. With such a majority, they should be feared and worshiped.
Instead, women hold only 17 of the Senate’s 100 seats, for a total of 37 since 1789. —PS
USA Today via ABC News:
A new White House Council on Women and Girls is assessing every government agency to see if its programs do enough to benefit women. The first senior adviser on domestic violence and the first ambassador for women’s issues around the globe are developing programs to prevent violence again women at home and abroad. First lady Michelle Obama is highlighting women’s achievements, helping families and pushing girls to succeed.
The prospect of a woman in the Oval Office ended more than a year ago when Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama. But the women’s groups who backed Clinton for president now say the man who vanquished her is running an administration more focused on women’s issues and equality than any before it.
“This has been the most open White House to women’s issues and groups,” says Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal, a women’s rights activist for four decades. “In the first six months, we have been brought in more than ever before. … It’s very impressive.”
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You can call us women, not “ladies”, ever. Thanks.
Obama is mostly “show”. We’ll see what he does.
War is bad for women. Poverty is bad for women.
Lack of health care hurts women. There are more poor women than poor men, is one point I want to stress.
By Allie, September 15, 2009 at 1:44 pm Link to this comment
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This is pure rubbish. Possibly ABC trying to get back in BHO good graces for tweeting the jacka$$ remark.
Another tell-tale sign this article is rubbish is the near-absence of any mention of Sec. Clinton’s work in this area. Meeeechelle???? ROFL!!!!!!
Lily Ledbetter is a toothless law with no funding. Terry O’Neill is currently lambasting BHO for his comments in his economic speech about strengthening Bush’s Conscience Rule - a campaign promise he is refusing to honor along with pushing the Freedom of Choice Act through. He was gonna do that first thing - you betcha!
BHO and Rahm Emmanuel have been giving women and gays the middle finger all along. Apparently they have a grudge.
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By NYCartist, September 15, 2009 at 2:19 pm Link to this comment
You can call us women, not “ladies”, ever. Thanks.
Report thisObama is mostly “show”. We’ll see what he does.
War is bad for women. Poverty is bad for women.
Lack of health care hurts women. There are more poor women than poor men, is one point I want to stress.
By Allie, September 15, 2009 at 1:44 pm Link to this comment
(Unregistered commenter)
This is pure rubbish. Possibly ABC trying to get back in BHO good graces for tweeting the jacka$$ remark.
Another tell-tale sign this article is rubbish is the near-absence of any mention of Sec. Clinton’s work in this area. Meeeechelle???? ROFL!!!!!!
Lily Ledbetter is a toothless law with no funding. Terry O’Neill is currently lambasting BHO for his comments in his economic speech about strengthening Bush’s Conscience Rule - a campaign promise he is refusing to honor along with pushing the Freedom of Choice Act through. He was gonna do that first thing - you betcha!
BHO and Rahm Emmanuel have been giving women and gays the middle finger all along. Apparently they have a grudge.
Report thisBy liecatcher, September 15, 2009 at 12:57 pm Link to this comment
This article proves that the fascist oligarchs
running
the world & destroying America don’t have to fool all
of the people all of the time.
The unrelenting PR campaign showing his family & dog
in
order to humanize him is unprecedented. He has
already
bankrupted America beyond recovery & before he is
done with the perpetual wars he is pursuing, will be
responsible for
the deaths of countless millions of men, women, &
children.
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