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Growing up on a family farm in West Bend, Iowa, Haley Banwart and her brother were like other farm kids. They did chores, participated in 4-H, and even…
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Hillary Clinton was born in Chicago in 1947, and raised in the suburbs. Sixty-eight years later, she’s making history as the first woman to be nominated...
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Aubrey Fletcher knew she wanted to work on a dairy farm ever since she was a little girl. "I do remember my mom asking, 'Are you sure that’s what you want…
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Since its establishment in 1986, the Western Illinois University Women's Center has been a vital resource for people of all genders on campus and in the…
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Stories are so important. True, I'm a fiction writer and a teacher, but I've been enamored of stories since I can remember, even before I could write…
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The Women's Media Center issued a report, The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2015. As Time Magazine noted, it paints a pretty bleak picture. Time's…
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Research by a University of Kansas professor found journalism burnout is affecting women more than men. Burnout factors include exhaustion, cynicism, and…
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I never had an abortion, but I should have. I am sure of this after reading Katha Pollitt's highly acclaimed book, Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights.…
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When farmer Sondra Pierce had her first child, she decided to forgo daycare.“Soon as I had my son, because I had my son very early, I would put his car…
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Three of the six state-wide executive positions in Illinois are held by women. Depending on the outcome of the election, up to three could remain filled…