Women's rights Archives - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

Women’s rights

Published
June 21, 2023

Equal Rights Amendment champion comes up short in final effort as Maine lawmaker

Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt has advocated for the Equal Rights Amendment for five decades, first at the national level and later in Maine.
Published
June 20, 2023

Vatican document calls for Catholic Church to promote women, include LGBTQ+ community

The Vatican on Tuesday released the synthesis of a two-year consultation process, publishing a working document that will form the basis of discussion for a big meeting of bishops and laypeople in October.
Published
March 23, 2023

Jill Biden calls on men to step up for women’s rights

First lady Jill Biden didn't mince words as she lamented that women find themselves relitigating 'battles that we thought we had won a long time ago.'
Published
February 6, 2023

Some Florida high school athletes leery of being made to reveal menstrual cycles

The proposal, which is to be considered by the state's athletic association, has ignited a political furor at a time when the overturning of Roe v. Wade has moved women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy to the center of debate.
Published
January 22, 2023

When Dora Pinkham took office as Maine’s first female lawmaker a century ago, the Journal predicted a lot more by 2023

'Here we are!' Gov. Janet Mills declared Jan. 4 in her second inaugural address.

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Published
August 20, 2022

Commentary: Companies, Congress should step up to support breastfeeding moms

For Black women like me, the rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration still lag those of our counterparts.
Published
March 31, 2022

A record of Franklin County’s women’s suffrage movement during Women’s History Month

The Town of Farmington and the Farmington Historical Society will be honoring Isabel Greenwood and Farmington's role in the women's suffrage movement with a plaque to be erected and displayed in downtown Farmington in May.
Published
March 22, 2022

Legislators may ban most secret settlements in cases brought by employees

The push is part of a national effort to give victims of harassment and discrimination a voice, but it may have a cost as well.
Published
February 16, 2022

Equal rights amendment to Maine Constitution hits Republican opposition in House

The 80-57 vote in favor of the proposal falls short of the two-thirds majority required to put the issue to voters, with another vote coming later in this session.
Published
October 10, 2021

Maine philanthropist’s resignation shakes global reproductive rights charity founded by her father

Judy Kahrl of Arrowsic, an heir to the Procter & Gamble fortune, resigned from the board of Pathfinder International, accusing it of resisting full disclosure of her father’s eugenicist legacy and the CEO’s management record.