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women, ambition & politics


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In her washingtonpost.com blog, On Balance, Leslie Morgan Steiner criticized the findings of a Brookings Institution study that concluded women are under-represented in politics because they are not as politically ambitious as men.  Specifically, the Brookings report states:

“Extensive research shows that when women run for office, they perform just as well as men…The fundamental [...]

reality check from More


More magazine published a great discussion on the topic of women going back to work with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founder of the Center for Work-Life Policy, Pamela Stone, sociologist and professor at Hunter College and Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake.
Hewlett discusses the demands women have balancing work not only with caring for their children but also [...]