SWING STATE FORUM–The View from Michigan

October 31, 2008 Posted by Linda Basch
Below is my exchange with Susan W. Kaufmann, Associate Director for Advocacy at the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women, where she addresses issues important to women through research and action.  She holds an MS in environmental advocacy from the University of Michigan.
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SWING STATE FORUM–The View from Idaho

October 31, 2008 Posted by Linda Basch

Below is my exchange with Lisa McClain, Director of Gender Studies and an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Boise State University. In addition to her teaching and authoring of books and articles, Lisa is active on issues regarding women and religion, women and disability, violence against [...]

Updates from the Swing States

October 31, 2008 Posted by Linda Basch
 
We all live incredibly busy lives.  Often, we have time only to hear the soundbites or scan the headlines. Yet, with so much at stake, it’s important that we all know more.  We’re not hearing enough about the real deal—what’s really going on in the lives of women and [...]

Financial Crisis: What If…?

October 31, 2008 posted by Linda Basch
I’d like to share my op-ed that appeared in the Huffington Post this week about the Wall Street meltdown and the question of how things might have been different with a more diverse leadership in place. I’m also posting the message I received from Subha Barry of Merrill Lynch that prompted [...]

Council and Boise Member Center Address Women in Idaho

October 28, 2008. Posted by Linda Basch, President, National Council for Research on Women
I’m pleased to share with you an op-ed I co-authored with Lisa McClain, Director of Gender Studies at Boise State University, appearing in today’s Idaho Statesman.  The piece begins like this:
Women, who are being aggressively courted by both campaigns, have much at [...]