Feminine Wisdom

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(WOMENSENEWS)--Earlier this month, I was invited by the White House to watch President Obama nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court.

The ceremony was even more moving than I expected, and that took me a little by surprise.

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(WOMENSENEWS)--The lineup of June movies looks tempting unless you let all the hype over "Eclipse," releasing near the end of the month, block the view.

So let's start by giving smaller-budget and better films their full due, particular three that open June 11.

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(WOMENSENEWS)--It's Memorial Day and Dorothy Irene Height, a highly decorated and revered national treasure--my friend and colleague of 25 years--tops the list of memories I want to keep alive.

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CHICAGO (WOMENSENEWS)--Two funerals this month find women ordained as Catholic priests buried outside the church they were striving to change from within.

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(WOMENSENEWS)--Men and women are both likely to take a gender-neutral attitude toward most job occupations, according to the preliminary results of an online test launched in February that will keep crunching the data on an open-ended basis.

Some jobs, however--such as carpenters and prison guards--were still considered male preserves, at least by male respondents.

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(WOMENSENEWS)--The Lord's Resistance Army has displaced an estimated 300,000 people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since leaving Uganda in 2005 and abducted and killed hundreds of people, according to the United Nations.

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WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)--NARAL Pro-Choice America has jumped into today's marquee Democratic primary by endorsing challenger Rep. Joe Sestak for the U.S. Senate nomination over incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter, who is endorsed by President Barak Obama.

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(WOMENSENEWS)--Robin Murphy's robots don't look human. Nor do they act like R2D2, or Rosie from "The Jetsons."

Instead they are small and flexible; built to slither through collapsed buildings, fly over wildfires or floods, and check the integrity of a bridge from underwater, sending back live video and audio.

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(WOMENSENEWS)--The Kentucky Domestic Violence Association has extended interest-free microloans to 41 women throughout its 15 member organizations since 2009. The loans are pegged to savings accounts that match every dollar saved with two dollars, doubling the financial lift.

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(WOMENSENEWS)-- Major League Baseball has been making a big play for women, who represent about 45 percent of the sport's following, according to a recent study for the league's commissioner.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (WOMENSENEWS)--After answering the first anonymous call one night, Walter Odhiambo stopped picking up the phone.

"He said 'you are the one promoting abortion,'" said the deputy director in Kenya for Marie Stopes, the U.K.- based provider of international reproductive health services. "I was very frightened. I had seen stories about these groups in the U.S. and I knew how dangerous they were."

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(WOMENSENEWS)--Jenny Aguilar and her baby met their goal.

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