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1/8/19

Survey Suggests Half of Female Surgeons in the UK Experience or Witness Workplace Discrimination

A recent study suggests that many female surgeons in the UK think their profession is hostile to women by several…

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The Clinton Campaign Lined Up an Extra-Large Glass Ceiling For Election Night

Politico reports that Clinton’s election night celebration will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, an…

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Donald Trump Congratulates Donald Trump For 'Breaking the Glass Ceiling' In Construction Industry

Sputum-filled Orange Julius Donald Trump appeared on Fox News Monday night, to carry out one of his blitzkrieg…

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Parents With Daughters 14 Percent More Likely to Support Hillary Clinton Than Parents With Only Sons

According to a new YouGov/Economist survey, parents with daughters are 14 percent more likely to support Hillary…

Hillary Crosley Coker

1/05/16 10:50AM

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6/1/15

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tells Women to Grab 2015 By the Horns

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepted the Radcliffe Medal from Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for…

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The Wage Gap Will Close After We're All Dead

A new study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research institute tracked census data from 1959 to present day to…

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Jill Abramson on Helping Women, Dealing With Sexism and Getting Fired

Jill Abramson — the former executive editor of the New York Times whose unceremonious firing earlier this year was ru…

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Woman of Color Becomes Navy's First Female Four-Star Admiral

On Friday, President Obama nominated Vice Admiral Michelle Howard to be the vice chief of naval operations. If…

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For the First Time in 325 Years, a Woman Is Running Lloyd's of London

An exciting moment for a boring industry: The Guardian reports that in January, Inga Beale will take over as CEO of…

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Julia Pierson Will Be the Secret Service's First Female Director

A pretty thick glass ceiling has been shattered today, with news coming that President Obama will appoint Julia…

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Geena Davis Wants to Give Hollywood a Heads Up That Female Characters Need Way More Speaking Roles

When Geena Davis waded through the miasma of G-rated movies with her young daughter, she noticed a troubling…

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The Next Treasury Secretary Could, Fingers Crossed, Totally Be a Woman

Could the next Treasury Secretary be a woman? Since soothsaying has largely fallen out of fashion since Nate…

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Woman Director Told She Didn't Get Job Because of Missing Penis

There's no business like show business. Unless, of course, you're a woman; and then it's just like every other…

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Now Women Are Catching Just as Many Delicious Lobsters as Men

Earlier today, NPR profiled self-described Maine lobsterman Genevieve Kurilec, who, as owner of her own lobster…

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Can Yahoo's New Young, Female CEO Stop Yahoo from Sucking?

Today, Yahoo sent purple exclamation points through Silicon Valley when it announced that longtime Google executive…

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Even Female Scientist-Doctors Are Paid Significantly Less Than Their Male Peers

Another day, another study that proves women get paid way, way less than men who are at the same stage in their…

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Sky Blue, Water Wet, Achievements of Female Scientists Continually Ignored by Men

Over the last two decades, women have made inroads into the male-dominated fields of science, technology,…

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How 'Conscience Clauses' Reinforce the Glass Ceiling

Floridian Senator Marco Rubio has introduced a bill that would allow all employers to pass on paying for birth…

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Lady Neo-Nazis Shattering the Glass Ceiling of Awfulness

Despite a now 3-year-old article from the Washington Post that offered hormonal proof that women can manage the the…

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Sheryl Sandberg Thinks Women Need to Pick Themselves Up by Their Bootstraps

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and soon to be one of the richest self-made women in the world, has a message for…

Doug Barry

2/05/12 4:00PM

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