Kim Gandy, Former NOW President, Joins Feminist Majority Leadership
Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation and the Feminist Majority, announced today that Kim Gandy has become Vice President and General Counsel of both organizations. Gandy brings...
View ArticleFeminist Majority Announces Independent Campaign Against Stupak and Pitts
Feminist Majority announced today (see below) to its supporters its national wide independent expenditure campaign to dump both Congressmen Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Joseph Pitts (R-PA), co-supporters of...
View ArticleFeminist Majority Foundation Hails Roeder’s Sentencing to “Hard 50,” Calls on...
“Scott Roeder will spend the rest of his life in prison, but those who may have aided and abetted his murder of Dr. George Tiller are still walking free,” said Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)...
View ArticleBart Stupak Retires; Pro-Choice Forces Move to Win District
With pressure from feminists and pro-choice activists, teabaggers, and Republican, Bart Stupak (D-MI) announced today he will not seek re-election. NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and NOW had endorsed his...
View ArticleFeminist Majority Cheers Rescission of Bush Title IX Sports Policy, Seeks...
The Obama administration today will rescind a 2005 Bush-era policy that permitted colleges to use an emailed interest survey as the sole means to comply with the Title IX requirement that women and...
View ArticleStatement of the Feminist Majority in Support of the Confirmation of Elena...
The Feminist Majority strongly encourages the United States Senate to quickly confirm Elena Kagan. Solicitor General Kagan is superbly qualified for this position. She has distinguished herself...
View ArticleFeminist Majority Applauds White House Report and Actions to Advance Equal...
A large coalition of women’s rights organizations quickly supported and applauded today’s recommendations of the White House Middle Class Task Force and its Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force to advance...
View ArticleFeminist Majority Applauds Pelosi’s Decision to Run for House Democratic Leader
Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President In four short years, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made history as not only the first woman and self-identified feminist Speaker of the House, but as one of the most...
View ArticleDeficit Commission Proposal of Co-Chairs Targets Women Statement of Eleanor...
The Feminist Majority joins its many sister organizations that are outraged at the Deficit Commission Co-Chairs in denouncing their proposal. This proposal would be a poor joke if it was not so cruel...
View ArticleRepublicans Vote in Block to Stop Paycheck Fairness Act
Today 100% of Republican senators voted as a block to prevent the Senate from allowing the Paycheck Fairness Act for women to proceed to the Senate floor for a vote. Eleanor Smeal, President of the...
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