Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wider Opportunities for Women partnered with the DC Employment Justice Center in 2003 to establish the DC Women's Agenda (DCWA). The DCWA is a local advocacy and policy coalition that promotes the advancement of equality and well-being of all women and girls in DC. The DCWA hosts public forums throughout DC on women's issues.
González won the election with more than 78% of the vote, [11] and replaced John Okamoto, who was temporarily on the council after Clark resigned to take a job at the University of Washington. González was the first Latina to be elected to the council. [1] In 2017, González was reelected to office with more than 70% of the vote. [12]
In 1919, female journalists founded the Women's National Press Club, when the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. [5] [6] In December 1970, members of the Women's National Press Club voted to allow men into their club and renamed it the Washington Press Club. The next month, the National Press Club voted 227 to ...
In the Washington State Senate, Jayapal was the primary sponsor of SB 5863, which directs the Washington State Department of Transportation to administer a pre-apprenticeship program targeting women and people of color; the bill passed into law in July 2015. [21] She co-sponsored a bill to test and track thousands of police department rape kits ...
Christine Gregoire (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ ɡ w ɑːr /; née O'Grady; born March 24, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again in 2008.
As their case was being reviewed by the OWR, the former ETTs engaged in a massive public relations campaign to win the support of the public. Numerous articles about the case were published in the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Daily, and other local media, and the case became a central focus of the local women's movement. [1]
Claudia M. Balducci (born September 24, 1967) is an American politician from the state of Washington. She is the Chair of the King County Council, [1] representing District 6. She previously served as the mayor of Bellevue, Washington. [2]
Tanya Woo (胡清雅) is an American politician from Seattle, Washington. She ran for Seattle City Council in 2023 in District 2 against incumbent Tammy Morales but lost by a narrow margin of 403 votes.