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Posted by sherrysaunders on March 29, 2010
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People may ask why women’s history month? Well until we can get equal notice in the media we need to speak up for ourselves. Is anyone else as frustrated as I am about the lack of coverage of Women’s March Madness. This past weekend games were played to determine the Elite 8 for women and the Final 4 for men. This morning my local paper – The Washington Post - had not one word about the women and two pages on the men. On NPR, there was at least a mention of the Women’s Basketball games but it was done so quickly the first time there was no way to figure out who remained and the next mention later in the hour only noted that UConn was continuing. These women are playing their hearts out and are true athletic scholars and yet get short shrift (or no shrift) by the media. I for one will be watching the women’s games. I have to, since I am sure there will be no other media coverage.
We need to let the media know that we want to see women’s sports covered. The number of women professional athletes has been growing and because of Title IX the number of women playing in college has exploded. Yet the majority of commentators and sports reporters remain male. When young girls watch TV they don’t seem themselves playing. This only sends the message that women are not as important. We are more than 50% of the population and 49% of the workforce. We need better coverage of all of our accomplishments including sports.
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Posted by sherrysaunders on March 17, 2010
Paid time off for illness often not available. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Employers shifting more health care costs to employees [Washington Post]
First DC area woman to be high school football head coach. [Washington Post]
Few women on Forbes Richest list [Genevalunch.com]
Business women seem less profit driven more risk adverse. [SanLousObispo.com]
Women in combat, what is the impact? [NBC]
Obama: Father in Chief? [Business Week]
Women in power should be no big deal by Susan Estrich [DentonRC.com]
Women trade corporate jobs for companies of their own. [NJ.Com]
Ledbetter says journey for equal pay was worth the fight [News Messenger]
Is it the hours or work quality? [Forbes]
Recession elevates pregnancy discrimination [LIBN.com]
The impact of growing up in a duel income household [Wall Street Journal Blogs]
What happened to the gender gap? It still exists [Newsweek]
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Posted by sherrysaunders on February 26, 2010
Marry Him – What’s a high achieving gal to do? This is quite a discussion.[WomensEnews]
Reporter Dorothy Gilliam receives lifetime achievement award. First black female reporter hired full time by Washington Post. [GWHatchet.com]
Why recruiting good people will get harder and harder. [ERE.Net]
Saving jobs by cutting hours and sharing jobs. New Trend? [USA Today]
Women’s rights losing ground around the world. [NewJerseyNewsroom.com]
Anger, Rage and Workplace Violence [Psychology Today]
Are female bullies different? This is a multipart article. [HowStuffWorks]
Best paying jobs that women don’t hold. This needs to change. [Forbes]
Does Geek factor turn girls away from science and technology? [MSNBC]
B-School’s glass ceilings. [Inside Higher Education]
VA hospitals upgrade care for women vets. This is slow in coming. [NPR]
Four words/phrases GenY need to avoid to be more professional. [Examiner.com]
Survey finds workers no longer “in love” with their jobs and other interesting findings work findings. [Xorte]
Op-ed: For Women in America Equality is Still and Illusion [Washington Post]
To bare legs or not too. The decline of pantyhose. Who are the trend setters? [WV Gazette]
NY Times Room For Debate discusses Redefining Marriage. [NY Times Blogs]
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Posted by joyinhome on February 25, 2010
Everyday this month, a little-known fact about history made on this date will be featured.
February 25
1999 – White supremacist John King was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the dragging death of James Byrd. He was one of three white men accused of chaining Byrd to a pickup and dragging him along a Texas road until he was decapitated.
1975 – Death of Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, in Chicago. He was succeeded by his son, Wallace D. Muhammad.
1971 – President Nixon met with members of the 
Congressional Black Caucus and appointed a White House panel to study a list of recommendations made by the group.
1964 – Cassius Clay becomes world heavyweight boxing champion.
1948 - Martin Luther King ordained as a Baptist minister.
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Posted by joyinhome on February 24, 2010
Everyday this month, a little-known fact about history made on this date will be featured.
February 24
1966 – Elected leader and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, ousted in military coup while he is away on a peace mission to Vietnam.
1940 – Former world heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis was born James Albert Ellis in Louisville, Kentucky. Ellis won the World Boxing Association title after beating Jerry Quarry in April 1968.
1864 – Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first black woman to receive an M.D. degree. She graduated from the New England Female Medical College. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born in 1833. She worked from 1852-1860 as a nurse in Massachusetts.
1811 – First Bishop of the AME Church, Daniel Payne, is born. He was one of the founders of Wilberforce University in Ohio. In 1863 he became its first president, and the first African-American president of a college in the United States.
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Posted by joyinhome on February 23, 2010
Everyday this month, a little-known fact about history made on this date will be featured.
February 23
1979 – Frank E. Peterson Jr. is named the general in the Marine Corps. He is the first African American to hold this post. He was also the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps general. Peterson retired from the Marine Corps in 1988 after 38 years of service. “At the time of his retirement he was by date of aviator designation the senior ranking aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps and the United States Navy with respective titles of “Silver Hawk” and “Gray Eagle”. His date of designation as an aviator also precedes all other aviators in the U.S. Air Force and Army.
1965 – Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president, the highest elective office held by an African American woman in a major American city.
1929 – Baseball catcher Elston Gene Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1965, Howard signed a $70,000 contract with the NY Yankees and became the highest paid player in the history of baseball at the time.
1925 – Louis Stokes, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and member of the US House of Representatives, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes was the first African American elected to the House from Ohio.
1868 - William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (W.E.B. Du Bois), educator and activist, is born in Great Barrington, Mass.
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Posted by joyinhome on February 23, 2010
Everyday this month, a little-known fact about history made on this date will be featured.
February 20
1963 – Charles Wade Barkley, NBA player, is born Leeds, AL.
1936 – Jazz singer, actress, Nancy Wilson born in Chillicothe, Ohio.
1929 – Writer Wallace Thurman’s play Harlem opens in NYC. It is the
first successful play by an African American playwright.
1927 - Actor and thespian Sidney Poitier is born.
February 21
1965 - El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (also known as Malcolm X) is assassinated in Audubon Ballroom at a rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1961 - Otis Boykin, inventor, patented the Electrical Resistor. U.S. patent 
2,972,726. He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in all guided missiles and IBM computers, plus 26 other electronic devices including a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator (pacemaker).
1936: Barbara Jordan, the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives, is born.
1933 – Nina Simone (Eunice Waymon) is born Tryon, NC.
February 22
1950 – Julius Winfield ( “Dr.J”) Erving, NBA legend, is born in Roosevelt, NY.
1888 – In West Chester, Pennsylvania, African American painter Horace Pippin was born. Pippin is considered one of the major American painters of his period. One of his more significant works, “John Brown Going to His Hanging,” is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
1841 – Grafton Tyler Brown, lithographer and painter, is born.
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Posted by sherrysaunders on February 19, 2010
Workforce Demographics: Who Are We Creating Jobs For? [Huffington Post]
Barbie has a new IT job. Spike Heels to Crack Glass Ceiling? [SFGate]
First female Air Force General, Jeanne Holm, dies [UPI.com]
Progressive women’s voices changing the face of the media. [Huffington Post]
Generational differences: from Google to Frugal [AgWeb.com]
Why Social Media Means Big Opportunities for Women [Mashable]
Commentary: Gail Collins and David Brooks on the growth of househusbands. [NYTimes Opinionator]
Women at War: Sexual Violence in the US Military [BBC]
As girls become women sports pay dividends. Shows how important Title IX really is. [NYTimes Well]
The Ms. Myth. To keep or change your name when marrying. [boston.com]
Men take action to halt violence against women. [courier-journal.com]
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Posted by joyinhome on February 19, 2010
Everyday this month, a little-known fact about history made on this date will be featured.
February 19
2002 – Vonetta Flowers became the first black gold medalist in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. She and partner Jull Brakken won the inagural women’s two-person bobsled event.
1992 – John Singleton receives an Oscar nomination for best director and best screenplay for his first film Boyz N the Hood. He is the first African American director to be nominated.
1940 - Singer William “Smokey” Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan. Robinson’s first singing group was the Miracles which he formed in 1955 while still in high school. The group’s first success came in 1960 with the hit, “Shop Around.”
1919 – The Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. Du Bois, held its first 
meeting, in Paris. There were fifty-seven delegates: sixteen from the United States and fourteen from Africa. Blaise Diagne of Senegal was elected president and Du Bois was named secretary.
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Posted by joyinhome on February 16, 2010
Everyday this month, a little-known fact about history made on this date will be featured.
February 16
1970 – “Smokin’ ” Joe Frazier becomes world heavyweight boxing champion.
1957 – Actor Levar Burton was born in Landsthul, 
Germany. Burton won fame for his acting in the television movie “Roots,” which was based on the novel by Alex Haley. He became known once more in the 1980s and 1990s for his recurring role in the “Star Trek: Next Generation” series and the children’s show Reading Rainbow.
1951 – New York City Council passed bill prohibiting racial discrimination in city-assisted housing developments.
1923 - Bessie Smith makes her first recording, Down Hearted Blues which sells 800,000 copies for Columbia Records.
1857 – Frederick Douglass elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust.
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