Women In Politics
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VideoElizabeth Warren, Senator (D-MA)
As a young mother, Elizabeth Warren went to class at Rutgers Law School while her husband worked at IBM. In 1978, the family relocated to Houston, Texas where Warren started teaching at the law school. She would go on to teach at University of Pennsylvania Law School and Harvard, specializing in bankruptcy law. With books including The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt and The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke, Warren publicized her studies on debt and
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Women in politics, in magazines: Will Theresa May's landmark Vogue cover eclipse these other glossy shoots?
Yesterday, Downing Street confirmed that Theresa May will become the first British Prime Minister to cover US Vogue, when the April 2017 issue of the magazine hits stands. While Margaret Thatcher posed for British Vogue on a number of occasions, no UK leader – female or otherwise – has modelled for the original, American, version of the fashion bible. May, who’s well-known for her love of fashion, reportedly posed for lauded portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz at Chequers – the country house r
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Female MPs Fight For Women To Be Allowed To Breastfeed In The House Of Commons
It seems crazy that in this day and age women aren’t allowed to breastfeed in the House of Commons – especially when you consider Britain’s shockingly low breastfeeding rates. In addition to fighting to introduce breastfeeding to the House of Commons, Jess Phillips, who is the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, is calling for a number of other changes to encourage women into parliament – and improve the lives of parents already in politics. Melanie Onn, from Great Grimsby, is another MP backing
