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PublishedMarch 6, 2020
Women thrive in Northeast U.S., languish across the South
The annual Bloomberg analysis measures factors such as labor-force participation, education, political representation, health care and corporate leadership.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
South Berwick-based food writer, co-author taking heat for cookbook’s title
A blogger, who claims to have coined the phrase 'Rage Baking' in 2015, says the book overlooks her efforts to fight racial injustice through cooking.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2020
Democratic AGs sue to force U.S. to ratify Equal Rights Amendment
Before Virginia’s vote this week that made it the critical 38th state to approve the ERA, Nevada in 2017 and Illinois in 2018 were the most recent to ratify the amendment.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
Study shows some gains for women in music biz, but men still dominate pop charts
The study revealed that for 2020, the percentage of female nominees in five of the highest-profile Grammy categories accounted for nearly 21% of all nominations in those fields.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2020
Virginia lawmakers pledge Equal Rights Amendment will pass. Then what?
The proposed 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution faces a host of likely legal challenges and vehement opposition from conservative activists.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2019
Insight: 1919 – The year Maine women won the vote
The victory of the suffragists began a century of struggle for equal rights, a job that is still unfinished.
Women’s rights
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