by Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority Foundation For the eleventh #HERvotes blog carnival, we’re joining together to urge the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Domestic violence results in over two million injuries every year. Three women die every day in the United States as the result of domestic violence. Since the passage of […]
Author: Eleanor Smeal
HERVotes Blog Carnival: Fighting Sexual Harassment
By Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority Foundation President and Ms. Magazine Publisher HERvotes, a multi-organizational campaign launched in August 2011, advocates that women must use our voices and votes to stop the ongoing attacks on the major advances of the women’s movement. We are very excited that HERvotes is reaching a growing list of member groups […]
HERvotes Takes On the Mississippi “Personhood” Amendment
By Eleanor Smeal Welcome to the fourth #HERVotesBlog Carnival! This time, we’re writing with an especially urgent focus. There’s an extremely dangerous constitutional amendment to the Mississippi state constitution on the November 8th ballot. It grants personhood and constitutional rights to a fertilized egg. Election day is just one week away. We must stop the […]
Joe Biden Wows Women in Sterling, VA
We just returned from a Women for Obama/Biden rally featuring Joe and Jill Biden in Sterling, Virginia. It was marvelous! There was a large, enthusiastic crowd. Jill Biden gave an impassioned introduction. She is terrific — a down-to-earth Doctor of Education who really promotes teachers and education for women. Joe Biden’s speech was right on […]