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Maria Shriver Launches “Shriver Corps”

Last week was the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty, and to mark the occasion The Shriver Corps emerged as a new national service partnership utilizing AmeriCorps VISTA members to lift people out of poverty in low-income communities across the country. Partners in the launch include A Woman’s Nation, The Corporation for National and

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Why Economics | A Way to Help People

Janet Yellen, Ph.D., made history this month as the first woman ever to be chosen to head the Federal Reserve. According to some accounts, this makes her the second most powerful person in the world and the most powerful woman. The person who controls the purse strings of the most powerful economy affects economies world-wide.

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Who Influences You on Social Media | Amplify Her Voice

The Representation Project (formerly MissRepresentation.org) continues to expose society’s limiting stereotypes that harm all of us: men, women, boys and girls. Most recently, they called attention to the lists of the most influential thinkers. Though women are proclaimed to use social media the most, they were mostly left off the lists.

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25 Top Women Power Brokers in Television Worldwide

Amazing women executives top television industry around the world The Hollywood Reporter has just published a list of 25  top women executives in 17 countries.   The article says “these female innovators oversee empires, greenlight the shows that captivate millions and adapt in a rapidly changing media environment.” That’s great news for women around the world,

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Popularity of 50 Shades of Grey Does NOT Mean Women Want to Be Dominated.

Recent media spin on the popularity of the novel “50 Shades of Grey” suggests that assertive and successful feminists want men to be rough and in charge, (e.g. Newsweek “The Fantasy Life of Working Women: Why Surrender is a Feminist Dream”). Accomplished woman scholar, Dr. Birute Regine disagrees. She says that the book has all

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