Obama pressed to step aside for Hillary Clinton

An extraordinary appeal from Democratic Party pollster Patrick Caddell that in order to government effectively President Obama needs to announce he will not run in 2012 so that Hillary Clinton can unite the country as no one else seems able to do to. Read the article

Amnesia clouds Ms. 40th birthday

 

 

Ms. Magazine offices 1972

 

There is something missing from this glowing self-congratulatory history of the 40 years of Ms. magazine. What could it be?

A beautiful tribute to Diana Gribble by Hilary McPhee

The two women who founded the groundbreaking publishing firm McPheeGribble found their friendship tested to breaking point after the recession of the early 199s forced them to sell their company to Penguin. After Di’s death last week, Hilary reflects on her friend and former partner in publishing.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3343448.html

Cracking the perspex ceiling

Time we had this discussion.  Read article

The eternal dilemma: combining motherhood and work

Why it’s (still) so hard and what some women in the US are doing to address the dilemma.  Practical solutions

These are NOT the women we want – and fortunately US voters agreed

These three ego-tripping former businesswomen spent millions of their own money on their unsuccessful quests for public office in the recent US elections. Instead, argued Gail Sheehy, they could have pledged that money to education or other forms of giving to make America a better place for the millions living in poverty and without hope. [...]

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