Mona Lena Krook is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and a Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at the John F.
Women's rights advocates and federal lawmakers in Washington, DC pledged to revive the efforts to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. They believe that the amendment has a better chance to be ratified in this Congress.
Nancy Pelosi told reporters that the president of Syria was willing to discuss peace agreement with Israel.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised the issue of Saudi Arabia's lack of female politicians with Saudi government officials on the last stop of her Mideast tour.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria stirred praise and skepticism from a variety of female political leaders in the Middle East.
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Susan Carroll, a senior scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, said women seeking the presidency still had to address the perception that they were less able than men to deal with military issues and international crises.
American women have learned how to roar, and they did it in the November midterm elections.
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