Ike's Anvil ArchiveHannah Barnett ‘16 Women In Leadership A recent book emerged by Claire Shipman, a reporter for ABC News, and Katty Kay, the anchor for BBC World America, that brings into consideration a new divide amongst men and women besides that of wage. The book, The Confidence Code: The Science And Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should […]
Nicole Giles ’15 Women in Leadership New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has spent most of the last year in a major fight over how the U.S. military deals with cases of sexual assault. The Congresswoman has recently announced that the next issue she plans to tackle is one of rising concern in this country: sexual […]
Erin McGoldrick ’14 Women in Leadership Women on average earn 77 cents for every dollar that men make, inspiring the holiday Equal Pay Day. This is an alarming statistic in present day America and has become a hot button topic in politics this April. Obama recently signed two executive measures with the purpose of assisting […]
Micaela Edelson ’17 Inside Politics On April 9, 2014, the motion to reintroduce the Paycheck Fairness Act was blocked by the U.S. Senate Republicans. Two days prior, President Obama signed an executive order that would encourage federal contractors to make salary information more accessible, so women and minorities would be able to know if they […]
Spencer Bradley ’16 Women in Leadership “I’m ready for Hillary,” was the campaign slogan for Hilary Clinton’s campaign slogan in 2012. But are we ready for Hillary Clinton anymore today than we were eight years ago? While considered the front runner of the Democratic Party, should she choose to accept the nomination, Hillary Clinton faces […]
Margaret Czepiel ’17 Women in Leadership As Sheryl Sandberg brought a new wave of feminism upon us, it is now going to be vital for women to utilize a resource that, in the past, some have viewed as a hindrance to our equality: men. We, as women, have definitive goals for ourselves when it comes […]
Bowen Yang ’16 Women in Leadership In early February, a UN report stated the promising progress the world has made in the past twenty years since the United Nations Summit Meeting in Cairo: women have gained greater control over their health and destiny, they have more access to education, and they are less likely to […]
By: Natalie Young ’16 On February 10, the Eisenhower Institute’s Women in Leadership Spring 2013 program participants boarded a bus for Washington, D.C. There, they met with Jennifer Lawless to discuss her recent book, Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office, and to chat about her political life experiences. Lawless […]
