At its annual dinner Monday, the Women’s Sports Foundation named basketball star Rebecca Lobo and speedskater Bonnie Blair “Sportswomen of the Year.” Lobo led her Connecticut team to an undefeated season and the 1995 NCAA title. Blair has won five Olympic gold medals and broke her own world record last year in the 500 meters […]
The Supreme Court yesterday, without comment, turned down an appeal claiming that a San Jose ordinance banning picketing near a doctor’s private residence violated the free speech clause. The ordinance disallows demonstrations within 300 feet of targ eted private residences. The Court’s ruling is consistent with previous rulings which allow the bans on picketing near […]
Governor Pete Wilson signed a bill into law yesterday which bans charging men and women differently. As of January 1, 1996 the law bans charging different prices for services such as haircuts, dry cleaning and tailoring. Violators can expect to pay $ 1000 or up to three times the actual damages and attorney’s fee. The […]
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski’s (D-MD) office said today that someone mugged the Senator outside her home on Sunday night at approximately 11:45 p.m. A man in a blue sweat suit approached her as she headed inside. He knocked her down, stole her purse and left. Mikulski dislocated her hand while trying to defend herself.
Eighteen women were inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame on Saturday. They are: Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) – Invented the Apgar Scale, a life-saving health assessment test for newborns. Physician. Ann Bancroft – First woman to reach the North and South Poles across the ice. Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) – Founded the first newspaper concerned […]
An organization of British doctors have asked 20,000 women to volunteer for a four-year cancer study. The Cancer Research Campaign plans to study the drug tamoxifen to find out if four years is enough time to take the treatment. Tamoxifen is an anti-hor monal compound, available on the market for twenty years, which doctors use […]
Students across the University of California school system protested yesterday their Regent’s summer decision to repeal affirmative action. During the summer, when school was not in session, Regents voted to drop race and gender as factors in admissio ns, hiring and contracting against the advice of all nine chancellors. Thousands of students held class walkouts, […]
The Navy officer responsible for handling sexual and racial harrassment complaints is undergoing a court martial for allegedly sexually harassing two female subordinates. Captain Everett Greene, who was in line for promotion to rear Admiral, faces acc usations of having an “unduly familiar personal relationship with a junior subordinate,” of “creating a hostile work environment,” […]
The Navy officer responsible for handling sexual and racial harrassment complaints is undergoing a court martial for allegedly sexually harassing two female subordinates. Captain Everett Greene, who was in line for promotion to rear Admiral, faces acc usations of having an “unduly familiar personal relationship with a junior subordinate,” of “creating a hostile work environment,” […]
Early tests of new synthetic compounds show that they could protect women from heart disease and osteoporosis in the same way estrogen does. Taking estrogen hormone supplements after menopause helps reduce the risk of heart disease in women and bone-t hinning osteoporosis. Some women don’t take estrogen, however, because of its possible side-effects — increased […]
Early tests of new synthetic compounds show that they could protect women from heart disease and osteoporosis in the same way estrogen does. Taking estrogen hormone supplements after menopause helps reduce the risk of heart disease in women and bone-thinning osteoporosis. Some women don’t take estrogen, however, because of its possible side-effects — increased risk […]
The Supreme heard arguments yesterday in Romer vs. Evans, an appeal from the Colorado Supreme Court. That court ruled last year that a state, voter-approved constitutional amendment that banned laws which protected homosexuals against discrimin ation denied them equal protection. Both sides received help and tough questioning from the justices, with only Justice Thomas failing […]
A three-member arbitration panel created to solve a labor dispute between flight attendants and American Airlines awarded the flight attendants a 17 percent pay increase over the next six years. The panel rejected American’s plans to cut vacation pay by 25% and reduce pay for layovers and periods between flights. The panel also established wage […]
Title IX has spurred a dramatic growth in women’s participation in sports since its passage in 1972. In 1971, one in twenty-seven girls played school sports, but the Women’s Sports Foundation found that that number soared to one in three girls playin g school sports in 1994. This past year, women spent more on athletic […]
Title IX has spurred a dramatic growth in women’s participation in sports since its passage in 1972. In 1971, one in twenty-seven girls played school sports, but the Women’s Sports Foundation found that that number soared to one in three girls playin g school sports in 1994. This past year, women spent more on athletic […]
The American Medical Association announced Tuesday night its support for the G.O.P Medicare plan. This announcement comes after an agreement between House Speaker Gingrich and AMA leaders whereby the redesign of Medicare would not cut fees paid to doc tors. The agreement would also limit payment of damages to victims of medical malpractice and exempt […]
A group of U.S. governors has sent a bipartisan letter to Congress urging them not to place bans on aid to teenage mothers with children or mothers who have additional children while on welfare. Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) and Nevada Governor Robert Miller (D) urged Congress to give states maximum flexibility in setting their […]
In 1977 forty-six women served on the boards of Fortune 500 Companies. Today 600 women serve on the boards, with more than 40% of them rising to those positions from the corporate ranks. That’s up from 22% in 1983 who got to the boards from go vernment or university positions. Their history with the companies […]
Recently passed and signed legislation in California keeps repeat sex offenders off the streets if they have mental disorders. The legislation requires inmates to receive in-patient treatment for mental disorders before they are released back into soc iety. The legislation aims to keep repeat sex offenders from committing more crimes once released from prison. The […]
National Right to Life members flooded fax machines and e-mail boxes with a clear and simple message, “defeat the $243 billion defense bill” — the bill contained a single clause relating to abortion. The House, torn between increasing Pentagon spendi ng or voting down an abortion provision, chose the latter, thus setting the stage for […]
