/tags/women Women en-US Copyright Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:49:21 GMT /politics-government/2022-12-10/im-meant-to-be-here-californias-legislature-will-have-a-record-number-of-women-lgbtq-lawmakers Forty-one percent of lawmakers are women and 10% identify as out-LGBTQ, which means California will become the first state to achieve proportional representation for LGBTQ residents, according to Equality California. Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:49:21 GMT /politics-government/2022-12-10/im-meant-to-be-here-californias-legislature-will-have-a-record-number-of-women-lgbtq-lawmakers Nicole Nixon /politics-government/2022-09-24/will-women-rule-in-the-2022-california-election While female candidates still face challenges, voters could elect a record number of women to the state Legislature in November. The roster of female lawmakers could rise to 45 of the 120 seats, according to a CalMatters analysis. Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:08:54 GMT /politics-government/2022-09-24/will-women-rule-in-the-2022-california-election Sameea Kamal, Ariel Gans /law-and-justice/2022-02-20/what-if-californias-women-on-boards-law-is-overturned A state law that requires California companies to have women on their boards is facing a legal challenge in Los Angeles, where a trial concluded Wednesday. Since the law passed in 2018, the share of women on boards has increased from 15.5% to 29%. Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:51:36 GMT /law-and-justice/2022-02-20/what-if-californias-women-on-boards-law-is-overturned Grace Gedye /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-17/women-geniuses-past-and-present-recogized Name one of the groundbreaking women of history--without Marie Curie. It can be hard, can't it? There's Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear… Mon, 17 Feb 2020 18:41:05 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-17/women-geniuses-past-and-present-recogized The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-28/failure-without-the-cringing Reshma Saujani is all about empowering females to do great work in the world, unencumbered by traditional barriers. She founded Girls Who Code to attract… Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:31:08 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-28/failure-without-the-cringing The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-28/author-celebrates-tough-women-of-the-west Debra Gwartney knows a few tough women in her own family. And that's probably why she's been drawn to the story of Narcissa Whitman, the first white woman… Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:23:36 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-28/author-celebrates-tough-women-of-the-west The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-08-15/understanding-and-striving-for-reproductive-justice Discussions of reproductive rights for women in America often quickly devolve and divide into "pro-choice" and "pro-life" sides. The concept of… Mon, 15 Aug 2016 18:02:09 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-08-15/understanding-and-striving-for-reproductive-justice Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-14/women-rising-in-the-arab-world It was not so long ago that the only human females in the Arab world were children and married women. But that is changing, despite continued pressure to… Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:24:54 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-14/women-rising-in-the-arab-world Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-04/women-kids-career-success It's frequently true that women who return to work after having children feel some concerns about the effect on the kids. Pamela Lenehan's book My Mother,… Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:31:40 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-04/women-kids-career-success Geoffrey Riley /show/as-it-was/2015-08-05/railroads-offer-women-opportunity-to-prosper As Ashland, Ore., became a railroad center after 1890, women seized on an unusual opportunity to prosper. Inexpensive vacant lots between the town and the… Wed, 05 Aug 2015 20:27:01 GMT /show/as-it-was/2015-08-05/railroads-offer-women-opportunity-to-prosper Alice Mullaly