Tubman statue would help write women back into history

(Ed. Note: This op-ed is being published in the Baltimore Sun on Friday, March 11, 2011. See our Harriet Tubman Statue Project for more.)
The Maryland General Assembly has an opportunity to send a new representative to the United States Capitol. This person wouldn’t be a voting member of Congress but would stand tall in [...]

Wanted: Culturally Relevant Female Octogenarians

On December 1, 2010, Slate published, A Young Person’s Guide to Slate’s Culturally Relevant Octogenarians.  Of the eleven Americans selected, only two were women, Betty White, an animal rights activist and star of the Golden Girls, and author Mary Higgins Clark.   Women make up over fifty percent of the population and there is no [...]

Post Parade Analysis

On November 24, the day before Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Lily Blau wrote an interesting commentary for the Huffington Post on the almost total lack of female character balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. (And You Thought You Had Thanksgiving Off: Gender Inequality in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade). Only ten giant female character [...]

Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW)

Last Saturday, November 20, representatives from both EVE and Maryland NOW attended a Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW) conference in Rockville, Maryland. MLAW is a statewide coalition of women’s groups and individuals which advocates for pro-woman legislation in the General Assembly.
The conference was attended by a variety of groups including the Maryland Commission [...]

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

Yesterday my cousin was in town from New York and I decided to take her to the National Gallery of Art. We walked in exactly when a highlights tour was about to start. How could we pass up a free tour by a highly qualified docent?
Half way through the tour I [...]

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

UPDATE: Wednesday, November 24—see our new post with a petition to Macy’s and a poll on which female character balloons you’d like to see!

Holidash reports on the new balloons Macy’s will debut in this year’s parade:
The 84th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature two brand new balloons this year that are sure to delight [...]

Earhart Flies High Again

On October 2, in a constant downpour of rain, EVE’s Amelia Earhart balloon had its first test flight in the Circle City Parade in Indianapolis, Indiana. The rain might have decreased the size of the crowd but not their enthusiasm. The parade was televised locally so most likely tens of thousands of people got [...]

Balloon Fever

Last Friday I asked you to push us over the halfway point with our balloon fund in time for us to place the order—and you did it!
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I never thought much about giant [...]

Donate by this Sunday so you can see Amelia in the skies this Labor Day!

In order to put Amelia back in the skies this Labor Day, we must order the balloon this Sunday.
We are still short the cash needed to place the order. But we’re almost there!
We only need 11 more people to join our 99 Club by Sunday. That’s not much more. WE CAN DO IT!
Please join [...]

The Visibility Gap

When researchers compare the performance between two groups on a particular variable, the word “gap” is often used. The difference in earnings between men and women is a “wage gap.” The difference in school test scores between two groups of students is an “achievement gap.” The difference between the number of girls [...]

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