“From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope — dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for her too — ordinary women have taken on extraordinary odds to give their daughters the chance for something else; for a life more equal, more free, and filled with more opportunity than they ever had. In so many ways we have succeeded, but in so many areas we have much work left to do.”
–Barack Obama, Speech in Washington, DC
November 10, 2005
Fixing the Nation’s Health Care System: More than 19 million women are uninsured in this country, and women …read more

There is an article in the Wall Street Journal by Sue Shellenbarger about Pregnancy Discrimination explaining that claims are up and pregnant women are shocked to learn they have very few rights.
“Pregnancy-bias complaints recorded by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surged 14% last year to 5,587, up 40% from a decade ago and the biggest annual increase in 13 years.

The agency also received 20,400 pregnancy-bias inquiries at its call center last year, the center’s first full year of operation; that doesn’t include thousands more walk-ins asking about the same topic at fair-employment offices.

“I thought we were protected,” said …read more

Thank God (and Bill Clinton) for the Family Medical Leave Act, because prior to the 1990 we got no maternity leave or time off to to have babies or care for the sick – we just lost our jobs.I’m one American that thinks we can do better. Not only for ourselves, but so our daughters do not have to face the same sucky choices when it’s their turn to bear children and their responsibility to care for the sick or dying.There have currently been 3,600 comments by MomsRising members in support of the FMLA. Please add your comments.The FMLA effects …read more

I had this boss last year who was a “mean girl.” She was such a cliché that I found it rather funny and was able to see her from the outside of the situation and not internalize her opinion of me – sort of.
 
She pulled me out back where she would smoke and pretend to be my friend and very seriously she said,
 
You can’t keep coming to work with your hair like that. It is not appropriate for it to be pulled back and it looks horrible. You really shouldn’t get highlights if you can’t afford to keep …read more