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September 3 should become a special day on women's calendar, just as
Women's Equality Day became a special day in honor of women's voting
rights.
- For the first time ever, two of the three nightly major network newscasts will be anchored by women. ABC Nightly News has announced that Diane Sawyer, who has anchored "Good Morning America" for years, will take over for the retiring Charles Gibson. Said Women's Media Center president Carol Jenkins of the news:
The Women’s Media Center considers the appointment of Diane Sawyer
as anchor of ABC’s World News a watershed moment in the presence of
women in media...Sawyer joins Katie Couric at CBS News in delivering
crucially important information to our country.—and determining what
that is. Sawyer’s expertise and professionalism are without question.
We look forward to her debut in January, and to the changes in the
perception of women’s capabilities her reign will bring...Here at WMC
we always say that women are 51% of the population—and that we should
not be afraid to ask for 51% of the jobs in media. At this point women
hold only 3% of the “clout” positions in media. Anchoring a network
evening news program certainly adds to the power quotient. We’re on our
way.
- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley didn't wait
to be asked to run, as many women have been prone to do in the past and
get left in the dust as a result--she was today the first to throw her
hat in the ring for the senate seat left open by the death of Sen. Ted
Kennedy last week. You go, girl! - And third, I picked up a copy of "Mental_Floss"
magazine at the grocery store today. When I thumbed through it to read
the cover article, "The Five Gutsiest World Leaders", I found that two
of the five they selected are women: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
and Chile's president Michelle Bachelet. And my personal fave Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, is listed among the five more
you should know. Though women aren't the majority of these picks, the
fact that there are so few women heads of state and yet three of them
made this top ten list delivers the message once again that this is an
amazing moment for women because what the world needs today is
represented in the qualities women bring to leadership. (And do check
out Mental_Floss-it's quite a fun zine and website.)
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