Friday, January 24, 2014
What We've Been Reading...
Stay informed while keeping warm! Here are some stories that
we have been talking about this week.
Janet Yellen, the Fed’s first female leader, is making a
small but symbolic change when she becomes Federal Reserve Chair on February 1st.
She decided to use a gender-neutral title rather than Chairman or Chairwoman.
Her title of preference will be Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Read
more here.
The Senate’s 20 women, driven by the success they have had
politically and legislatively, are helping other female senate hopefuls through
public support and fundraising to swell their rankings. They are providing
campaign help to female candidates from West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Iowa,
and Oregon.
"Women are now seen as the ones in the Senate who are
getting the job done," said Baldwin, who heads the Women's Senate Network,
a division of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that helps female
candidates.
Four female members of the Senate are running for reelection
this year: Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)
and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). In all, 29 women (13 Democrats and 16 Republicans)
currently are running
for Senate. “The
women Senators are wielding power and getting things done.”
Mike
Huckabee stated yesterday that Democrats are pushing women to believe “they
cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of
the government.” Huckabee dismissed the notion that the GOP is engaged in a
"War on Women," as Democratic rivals allege.
Nancy Pelosi commented on her view of the gender gap in the
U.S. politics, stating that she sees our disparities largely as a product of
our culture. The article points of that out of 100 senators, 20 are female; out
of 435 representatives, there are 78 women. According to the World Economic
Forum, that puts the United States at 60th in the world for political
equality between the sexes.
Sunday’s cover of New York Times Magazine will feature
Hillary Clinton’s face as “The Woman on the Moon.” Entitled “Planet Hillary,”
the New York Times explains their motivation behind the cover here.
Hillary’s face is closely surrounded by other celestial bodies on the cover,
one being “Huma’s Dark Matter.”
Enjoy the weekend!
