United States of America

Elections abroad featuring female candidates, including this week's contest in France, don't answer the question of how open Americans are to electing their first woman president. But they do offer this hint: Voters have become more receptive to females who project gender-bending strength and substance, as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tries to do, and more likely to reject those who don't.
For more information, please visit The Wall Street Journal's Website

American women have learned how to roar, and they did it in the November midterm elections.
For more information, please visit Washington Times

Biz Tech-Connect (http://www.biztechconnect.com/) is a small-business Web portal that provides free online technology training geared towards women and minority entrepreneurs nationwide.
For more information, please visit PR Inside's Website.

Female immigrants are drawing increased attention as Congress heads into debate next week on immigration reform. Female domestic workers and abused women who fear deportation are two groups of women high on advocates' radar.
For more information, please visit Women's eNews Website.

Gender gap held in the House's vote yesterday to approve a bill authorizing supplemental funding for the war in Iraq without benchmarks for withdrawal. Of the total 142 votes opposing the measure, 37 were made by women. Women accounted for about 26 percent of the "no" vote, even though women comprise only 16 percent of the members of the House of Representatives
For more information, please visit Feminist Majority's Website.

Women control 51 percent of the nation's wealth, but account for just 27 percent of federal political donations, according to a report released yesterday by the Women's Campaign Forum Foundation.
For more information, please visit the Philadelphia Inquirer's Website.

Sisterhood is powerful, the slogan goes, so powerful that women are propelling Sen. Hillary Clinton to the front of the Democratic pack in Florida and nationwide.
For more information, please visit Hispanic Buisness' Website.

The Clinton family took a cue from the Soprano family on Tuesday, releasing an online video that spoofed the finale of the HBO drama and aimed at generating buzz — and money —for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign.
For more information, please visit USA Today's Website.

The most viable female presidential candidate in U.S. history is building what amounts to a separate organization devoted to winning women's votes. As she pursues the Democratic nomination, the scale of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's outreach appears unprecedented.
To read the full article, please visit USA Today .