Pipeline to the Presidency™ Focuses on Clear Steps to Increasing the Number of Women in Elected Office Pipeline to the Presidency is a new initiative of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce™ and USWCC partners across the United States. On February 2, 2005, women leaders from across the U.S. came together to focus on getting more women into elected office. To get a woman elected to the presidency in the U.S., we must first get more women in elected office, in key positions of influence across the political spectrum, and we must increase the amount of giving to women’s campaigns. Building this pipeline is a key to securing the presidency. >>More
Record Number of Women Seek Seats in U.S. House Center for American Women and Politics A record 137 women have won major-party nominations for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004, according to figures compiled by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). Ten women are candidates for the U.S. Senate and three for governor; neither figure sets a new record. >>More
Former BPW/USA CEO Appointed to Head the Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement at Spelman College Thursday, September 16, 2004 Spelman College Spelman College announces the appointment of Dr. Jane E. Smith, former CEO of Business & Professional Women USA, as executive director of the Spelman College Center for Leadership& Civic Engagement, effective August 9, 2004. Dr. Smith, a Spelman alumna, C'68, is the former chief executive officer of Business and Professional Women/USA. >>More
The myth of the rise in Women's earnings June 4, 2004 Institute for Women's Policy Research Women, in their prime earnings years, make only 38 cents for every dollar that men earn. In a groundbreaking new study, economists provide new estimates of the long-term gender earnings gap showing that women earn 62 percent less than men earn over a 15-year period. >>More
Gender Income Gap Persists for Latinas Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Higher educational attainment among Hispanic women has not been reflected in earning power. Men still earn more than women at every educational level. >>More
