Kim Gandy
Kim Gandy
Kim Gandyis an American feminist who from 2001 to 2009 was the president of the National Organization for Women. She has been president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence since 2012. In 2009, Gandy was a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From January 2010 to October 2012 she was vice president and general counsel at the Feminist Majority Foundation in...
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There is no job that women should be excluded from because of their gender. If you can do the job, you should have an opportunity to get the job. If you can't, you shouldn't be there, male or female.
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Abusers are engineers and architects and janitors and police officers and any other walk of life. There's not a job or profession that is exempt.
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not only upset the delicate balance on this Supreme Court, but also extend his right-wing ideology and disregard for individual rights to the third branch of government -- the judiciary.
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At this time, with the country's leadership in turmoil and confidence in the government steadily declining, now more than ever we need stability.
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The message we delivered was that he needs to distinguish himself from Gov. Bush,
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Every answer he gives he gives himself a little out. It's frustrating to me as a lawyer to not be able to say, 'Your Honor, instruct the witness to answer the question.' I've thought several times there is a follow-up question I would ask if I were up there.
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Betty led NOW when we were challenging every orthodoxy about what it means to be a woman.
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Those who lose their rights and liberties in the future, because of Roberts' leadership on the Court, will remember the senators who voted to confirm.
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This is not just about South Dakota. Women's rights, women's health and women's lives are on the line.
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an outrage and an insult to the women of this country.
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None of these are easy questions. But most courts say it's not about what he did or didn't do or what she did or didn't do. It's about the rights of the child.
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Many of us think of her as one of the mothers of the modern women's movement. She played a very pivotal, very critical role in launching the second wave of the modern women's movement.
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She tapped into a longing for something more in American women. It resonated with our mothers and with us.
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She was so well-known in the civil rights community and so well-respected that it made a huge difference, ... She had lived through what compromises bring you, and she was very determined that women's lives were not to be compromised.