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Gender

Delaware state Rep.-elect Sherry Dorsey Walker greets supporters in 2018 at the Doubletree Hotel in Wilmington. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Election brings more diversity to Delaware Legislature

Tuesday’s election has made Delaware’s General Assembly a more diverse legislature. In a state that’s 22 percent Afr ...

7 years ago

Frankie Franceschini, Linda McCarthy, Bonnie Shuman, and Sandy McCarthy (left to right) react as results come in for the 2018 midterm elections November 6th 2018 in Swarthmore, PA. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Ladies Night

Pennsylvania will send a record-setting four women to Congress next year, up from the current total of zero. Is the "Year of the Woman" here again?

Air Date: November 7, 2018

Listen 12:08
(From left) Mary Gay Scanlon, Madeleine Dean, Chrissy Houlahan, and Susan Wild, all Pennsylvania women who won their congressional bids during the 2018-midterm elections (Emily Cohen for WHYY; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

All boys club no more: Four women to represent Pa. in Congress

Pennsylvania didn't have a single woman representing the state in Washington. After this Election Day, four will head to Congress.

7 years ago

Listen 4:32
NPR
Health

She chose to ‘go flat’ and wants other breast cancer survivors to know they can too

Catherine Guthrie already knew a lot about breast cancer when she found a lump on her left breast at age 38.

7 years ago

Laura Reisman-Dennis holds up a sign during the Women's March in Philadelphia Saturday morning. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Many women ran for office, will they win in record numbers?

Like most midterm elections, the 2018 campaign is also a referendum on the incumbent president.

7 years ago

Participants march against sexual assault and harassment at the #MeToo March in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.  (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

On #MeToo, Americans more divided by party than gender

A new NPR-Ipsos polls show the nation deeply divided on sexual assault and harassment.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Transgender rights: #WontBeErased

Guests: Heath Fogg Davis, Leonore Carpenter, Nadia Dowshen The Trump administration is considering legally defini ...

Air Date: November 1, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
Susan Watts, a fourth generation Klezmer musician will perform alongside an orchestra of exclusively women on Sunday at the Annenberg Center during a performance called
Arts & Entertainment

Celebrating women in Klezmer music

The Philadelphia Folklore Project is celebrating that lineage with a performance on Sunday, Oct 28, at the Annenberg Center called Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer.

7 years ago

Listen 2:22
Sahle-Work Zewde walks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after being appointed Ethiopia's first female president at the country's parliament in Addis Ababa on Thursday.
(Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ethiopia gets its first female president

"It should have happened a long time ago, but the next best time is now."

7 years ago

Demonstrators hold signs in support of trans equality outside the White House on Monday. The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trans people say they #WontBeErased, as Trump administration mulls defining ‘sex’

A memo that has reportedly been circulating at the Department of Health and Human Services aims to narrow the federal government's definition of "sex" under Title IX

7 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Nearly forgotten French impressionist regains her moment in Philadelphia exhibit

Berthe Morisot - a founding artist of French impressionism who was nearly forgotten - is coming back at the Barnes Foundation.

7 years ago

Young Asian-American student holding books at chalkboard. (Deborah Lee/NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

What to know about affirmative action as the Harvard trial begins

7 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

“The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry”

Guest: Imani Perry Lorraine Hansberry was far ahead of her time as a playwright and social justice advocate. At j ...

Air Date: October 16, 2018 10:20 am

Listen 35:30
A man holds up a sign during a protest against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside the offices of Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in Phoenix, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Patricio Espinoza)
Community

Post-Kavanaugh, men reflect on accountability

Some of the men seemed to be struggling with this stuff. They’d say one thing, then contradict themselves a minute later.

7 years ago

Listen 4:10
Record-breaking  tennis player, philanthropist Serena Williams appears on stage during Pennsylvania Conference for Women 2018 at Pennsylvania Convention Center on October 12, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images )
Community

Serena Williams headlines Pennsylvania Conference for Women in Philly

Tennis great calls attention to the risk of pregnancy-related deaths for black women.

7 years ago

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