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Who are the Real Mothers of Invention?

04/02/14
In today's Civil Beat, an online Hawaii public affairs outlet created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, inventor Lisa Brothers writes about how Patsy Mink's Title IX legislation intersects with pending patent legislation, mothers, and the US road to innovation. Brothers is a single mother and nurse,...
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Shay Chan Hodges
Immigration

I will fast for those who have been silenced

04/02/14
Editor's Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
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Victoria Rumsey
Immigration

I will fast as a mother of a four-year-old son

04/01/14
Editor's Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
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Jennifer Bernstein
Immigration

I am fasting for an immigration reform that strengthens families

04/01/14
Editor's Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
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Beth Messersmith
Immigration

I am fasting for compassion towards immigrant families

03/31/14
Editor's Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
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Lupe Rodriguez
Immigration

I am fasting as a mother, a granddaughter, and North Carolina activist

03/31/14
Editor's Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
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Daniel Moore
Immigration

I am fasting to repair a broken immigration system that ignores the ties of family and love

03/31/14
Editor's Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...
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Erin Oshiro

Women Beaten, Tortured, and Chained - For the Vote

03/31/14
I wrote this post for The Shriver Report, where it originally appeared on March 21, 2014. They have kindly given me permission to post it here in full. Here is a link to its original appearance. Everything I know about how women got the right to vote in this country began with a movie called “ Iron...
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Valerie Young
Environmental Health

Join Moms Fighting for Freedom from Toxics!

03/31/14
Did you see that Seventh Generation has taken a leadership role on cleaning up our toxics laws? We’ve been blogging for years about the fact that over 80,000 chemicals are in products we use everyday – and they’ve never been tested for safety. Our kids are being exposed to chemicals that can alter...
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Katy Farber
Health Care

What parents should know about health insurance and the Affordable Care Act

03/28/14
In America, 5.7 million children do not have health insurance. That’s a scary number. As a mother and a grandmother, I know the many worries that parents have about their children. We try to protect them from illness and accidents, but so much is beyond our control. Far too many parents face...
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Kathleen Sebelius

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