- 21. Don't Get Mad, Get Elected: The How-To Guide for Launching A Political Campaig
- (DIY)
- ... have a fire in your belly. If you truly don’t, and aren’t willing to make some sacrifices, don’t run yet. According to U.S. Census data from 2012, there are around 90,000 state and local governments, ...
- Created on 08 June 2017
- 22. We're Talking About The Pay Gap All Wrong — Here's W
- (Feminism)
- via Flickr/Kevin Dooley We’ve been talking about the gender pay gap all wrong. This time each year, the Census Bureau’s new annual earnings figures come out, and we learn how wide the gender pay gap ...
- Created on 10 October 2016
- 23. Is Cohousing Right For You?
- (Living)
- ... U.S. Census Bureau, the average square footage of a single-family home in 1973 was 1,660, compared with 2,392 in 2010. Co-housing, on the other hand, opts for smaller private units with the common shared ...
- Created on 05 May 2016
- 24. This Is What It's Like To Date As A 6'3" Woma
- (Living)
- ... to U.S. Census records, less than 0.5 percent of women are six feet and higher. A tall woman wishing to find a man who eclipses her in height should either move to the Netherlands (where average male heights ...
- Created on 18 March 2016
- 25. The Secret Female Soldiers Of The Civil War
- (Feminism)
- ... farm in upstate New York as the eldest child of nine. At age 17, she was listed on the 1860 census with an occupation of “domestic.” Two years later, she left home. As she wrote to her family, “I knew ...
- Created on 09 October 2015
- 26. 10 Badass Female Revolutionaries You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School
- (Feminism)
- ... referred to as the first major challenge to British authority in West Africa during the colonial period. After she was asked about her property by a census collector, Nwanyeruwa began to protest about ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 27. Finally, This Government Agency Is Keeping Track Of Violence Against Women
- (Feminism)
- ... LLP, the first Femicide Census has been launched. Currently the census is only tracking deaths that occur in the U.K. but other countries have had their interests peeked. In Turkey enraged citizens have ...
- Created on 19 February 2015
- 28. The Faces Of Female Farmers Across America Are Finally Being Recognized, Thanks To This Special Project
- (Living)
- ... been accounted for: It wasn’t until 1978 that the Census of Agriculture started asking for principal farm operators’ gender. That means a gap of 138 years—from the first ever census conducted in 1840 until ...
- Created on 03 February 2015
- 29. Who Leads Us? White Men!
- (General)
- ... the data of more than 42,000 American elected officials in the spring of 2014 and compared it to the latest Census data, proving how unbalanced our leadership is compared to the population. They also conducted ...
- Created on 13 October 2014
- 30. Sarah Silverman and The Equal Payback Project
- (Feminism)
- ... campaign: According to the Census Bureau, the median earnings of a full time, year round female employee still makes on average 78% of what the males in the workforce make, that’s a 22% gap for ...
- Created on 08 October 2014
- 31. Men's Rights Activists are at It Again, This Time at an International Conference on Men's Issu
- (General)
- ... have to pay alimony to their exes, who go on to live ‘lives of luxury,’ but neglected to note that the census reported the poverty rate of custodial mothers at 31.8 percent, compared with 16.2 percent ...
- Created on 02 July 2014
- 32. House GOP Stops Paycheck Fairness Act
- (General)
- Equal wages is a fight women were fighting in the 1930s and one that we are still fighting now. Recent Census Bureau data reports that full-time working women make only 77 cents for every dollar that ...
- Created on 11 April 2013
- 33. Sexism Isn’t A Dish Served Equally: African American Women Face Major Health Discrimination
- (Feminism)
- ... Romney), even fewer women will have access to important services and this problem will no doubt worsen. As census reports predict that minority women will be the majority of United States women by 2041, ...
- Created on 17 September 2012
- 34. This Election Needs Lady Votes – So Make Sure Voter ID Laws Won’t Stop You!
- (General)
- ... according to the Census Bureau, almost 55 percent of women ages 18-22 voted, which is 8 points higher than men in the same age group. That impressive show of force needs to happen again. Obama may not ...
- Created on 13 September 2012
- 35. Ugh, Yet Another Boys Club? Men Outnumber Women in Election Coverage
- (General)
- ... represent the audience. The American Society of News Editors’ Newsroom Employment Census revealed that 62% of newsroom reporters are men. As women’s rights continue to be a hot button issue in the upcoming ...
- Created on 29 August 2012
- 36. Native American Women On Reservations Are Routinely Denied Emergency Contraception
- (Feminism)
- ... United States Census reported that 28.4 percent of Native Americans were living in poverty compared to 15.3 percent of the general population. Meanwhile, 29.2 percent of them lacked any form of health ...
- Created on 27 June 2012
- 37. A Woman’s Worth: Abortion Rates of Girls in India on the Rise
- (Feminism)
- ... have greatly decreased since the last Indian census, 10 years ago. The latest census has shown that for every 1,000 boys under the age of six there are only 914 girls of the same age. Why the girls? As ...
- Created on 25 May 2011
