A major premise of The New Agenda is that women in leadership roles – in any venue – would serve as role models and push other women to have the courage to step up themselves.
Patricia Sullivan
Whether Sarah Palin decided to run for political office or not, her re-entry into public life is causing a stir. One of the most positive bi-products of Palin’s re-entry is that women are reportedly motivated by Palin to run for office themselves.
FOX is reporting – in Florida:
Patricia Sullivan, a mother of four who is running …

There’s more to life for little girls than pink princesses, baby dolls and toy kitchen sets. But sometimes it’s hard to know this judging from the plethora of gender specific toys out there. Sure many girls like baby dolls (as do most of the little boys in my daughter’s playgroup). But girls are too multidimensional to be confined to the roles of princesses and homemakers and it’s nice to see this reflected in the Playmobil series of toy figurines.
Playmobil does offers the standard princess and mom-at-home-doing-housework toy sets. But they …

 
Dear TNA,
I have two issues that I would like some help resolving, both of them have to do with how I look.  I work for a government contractor as a project manager and I am one of the only women working in my department.  I have been told by my friends that I am attractive.  “Cute” is a term that is used often to describe my looks and my personality.  I always dress professionally at work, be it wearing pant suits or skirts with heels.
My first issue has to do …

             It’s time to start shopping! 
We have been sharing pro-women gift ideas and we would like to share them with you!  Also, we will be adding gift ideas for the young feminists in your lives!  Please don’t forget, if you would like to purchase gifts that support The New Agenda, you can purchase a membership for yourself or as a gift.  You can also give (or get) a TNA shirt, bib, or doggie-T, or you can purchase Mary Kay products for both women and men from this link at Mary Kay, and if …

Happy Thanksgiving!

From your friends at The New Agenda

Thanks to Heather for forwarding me a piece from American Thinker titled The Wilding of Sarah Palin.
Although the author, a “recovering liberal” in Berkeley targeted the piece on the mistreatment of Sarah Palin, the piece truly could be about almost any female politician that gains power and rises towards that highest glass ceiling.
Robin of Berkeley (the author) awakened to the sexism inherent in the DNC long before I did. For me, it took the 2008 presidential primary and the DNC’s blatant sexism towards Hillary Clinton – both in action …

I would just like some clarification from all of the pundits on their use of the term hooker or ho?  It seems that when a woman is the negotiator of a financial deal in the Senate or the House that they find it convenient to label her as some type of prostitute.  I don’t hear that kind of language in regard to men?  I don’t care if you agree with the negotiation process or not; or if you agree with the politician accepting a financial deal in order to vote …

Skip forward to 2:00 and see Steve Santagati to discuss the recent Newsweek cover and explain his “view” on women like Palin using sex appeal to get what they want.

Where did FOX find this Neanderthal? Tell us what you think.

Is this about bringing women back to the age of oppression?  That’s what Brigitte Gabriel had to say on FoxNews:
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What Everyone Should Know is a bi-weekly column on women’s history.
Elizabeth Jane Cochran, a.k.a Nellie Bly (1864-1922)
My interest in women’s history was sparked at a young age by the story of one woman: Nellie Bly. I was eleven years old when I found her story in the children’s literature section of my local library. I had been browsing through the collection of choose-your-own-ending books (to which I was addicted) when I stumbled across a slim volume that had been mis-shelved. A smart-looking woman graced the cover wearing a Victorian …