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Unequal pay
Voice of the People, July 5, 2008
By Catherine Hill
AAUW Educational Foundation Director of Research
The real crisis in academics
The Arizona Republic, June 16, 2008
By Beverly J. Weiss
Public Policy Chairwoman, AAUW of Scottsdale (AZ)
Ledbetter bill would help deter discrimination
Bangor Daily News, April 22, 2008
By Barbara Nichols
Public Policy Chair, AAUW of Orono (ME) Branch
Keep working toward equal wages for women
The Morning Call, September 7, 2007
By Virginia C. Jensen
President, AAUW-Bethlehem Branch
Discrimination, Not 'Fit'
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 17, 2007
By Lauren C. Kamnik
AAUW Director, Legal Advocacy Fund
Gender Wage Gap Still Must be Solved
News Journal, April 16, 2007
By Kathleen C. Jacobs
AAUW of Delaware
PRO-CON: Are Single-Sex Classes Needed? NO
Kansas City Star, April 16, 2007
By Carl Rivers
Building on Progress
Santa Barbara Independent, March 8, 2007
By Carol Hershey
AAUW of California
Working Families Must be Congress’ Focus
Lebanon Daily News, Jan. 26, 2007
By Roberta Warshaw
AAUW Lebanon (PA) Branch
AAUW Celebrates
Daily News Record, Nov. 28, 2006
By Pamela Brown and Kim Haines, co-presidents
AAUW Harrisonburg (VA) Branch
Helping Women Succeed in School 125th
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov. 25, 2006
By Lynne Roney
President, AAUW of Missouri
Seeking Equal Chances 125th
Dallas Morning News, Nov. 24, 2006
By Barbara Walters
AAUW Plano/Collin County (TX) Branch
Celebrating No. 125 125th
River Falls Journal, Nov. 24, 2006
By Kay Montgomery
President, AAUW River Falls (WI) Branch
Association Helped Shape Women's Lives 125th
Poughkeepsie Journal, Nov. 24, 2006
By Ann LaGoy
AAUW Poughkeepsie (NY) Branch
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats 125th
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Nov. 24, 2006
By Marcia Seman
AAUW Venice (FL) Branch
Women's Organization Marks 125th Year 125th
Lebanon Daily News, Nov. 20, 2006
By Roberta Warshaw
AAUW of PA
Observe Women's Equality Day
The Roslyn News, Aug. 25, 2006
By Diane Haney
New York
Inequity Still Exists
em>Traverse City Record-Eagle, Aug. 25, 2006
By Eleanor Tacke
President, AAUW of Traverse City (MI) Branch
Value the Hard Earned Right to Vote
Medina Gazette, Aug. 25, 2006
By Pat Chaloupek
Medina, OH
Women Have a Lot at Stake When They Go to Vote
The Morning Call, Aug. 25, 2006
By Nancy Dorfman
Allentown, PA
Women Can Celebrate a Special Date
The Observer, Aug. 23, 2006
By B. Delores Thompson
Jamestown, NY
Anniversary of the 29th Amendment
Winona Daily News, Aug. 22, 2006
By Rose Cyert
Winona, MN
Women must make their voices heard at the polls
Gresham Outlook, Aug. 22, 2006
By Mardy Stevens
President, AAUW of OR
Still An Issue
The Huntsville Times, Aug. 23, 2006
By Marilyn M. Robertson
President, AAUW Huntsville (AL) Branch
Why Make it a Battle?
Austin American-Statesman, Aug. 18, 2006
By Linda B. Conger
AAUW of TX
It's Not Boys vs. Girls
Rockford Register Star, Aug. 14, 2006
By Faye E. Marcus
Co-president, AAUW Rockford (IL) Branch
Education Not About Boys vs. Girls
The Times Argus, Aug. 4, 2006
By Kathleen Corrao
Educational Foundation Representative, AAUW of VT
Title IX Worth the Effort
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 4, 2006
By Roberta Warshaw
Public Policy Chair, AAUW of PA
Letters: The Media's Imagined 'Boy Crisis'
The Providence Journal, July 4, 2006
By Rosemarie Boute
Providence, RI
American Girls Deserve Better
Daily Town Talk, July 2, 2006
By Kim Ahern and Nancy Fields
Alexandria, LA
One Reader's View; Title IX Critics Created 'Boy Crisis' Myth
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 1, 2006
By Linda Davis
Green Bank, NJ
Title IX Helped Athletes, Students
Chattanooga Times Free Press, June 25, 2006
By Julia Martin
President, AAUW of TN
Title IX Has Created Opportunity For Many
Battle Creek Enquirer, June 23, 2006
By Connie VandePolder
Battle Creek, MI
Title IX Puts Women’s Sports on More Level Playing Field
Press Journal, June 23, 2006
By Rosemary B. Gagliardi
AAUW Member, Vero Beach, FL
Importance of Title IX
Austin American-Statesman, June 21, 2006
By Veronica Johnson
Austin, TX
Celebrating Title IX
Bangor Daily News, June 20, 2006
By Kate Scott
Bangor, ME
Title IX Continues to Affect All Levels of Schooling
Indianapolis Star, June 13, 2006
By Mitzi Witchger
Nobelsville, IN
Social Security Must Remain Funded, Health
Wausau Daily Herald, May 30, 2006
By Marian Seagren Hall
Wausau, WI
Social Security vital for Care of Our Mothers
Contra Costa Times, May 24, 2006
By Jean A. Felton
Pleasanton, CA
Women’s Retirement
Daily Press, May 23, 2006
By Beverly Golemba
Yorktown, VA
Financially Secure Moms; Bush Still a Threat to Social Security
Charleston Gazette, May 22, 2006
By Karen Coleman
President, AAUW of WV
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