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Wantagh High School students expressed their solidarity with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during Wednesday's walkout. The event was part of a national walkout that took place at 10 a.m.
Nassau students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out to protest gun violence
As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more
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Strong women will not be silenced
When acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya Angelou described the makings of a great woman in her 1995 poem “Phenomenal Woman,” she wrote of a female spirit that . . . more
“This is what democracy looks like!” Rockville Centre native Deana Davoudiasl, right, chanted at the start of the Women’s March in Manhattan last Saturday.
Rockville Centre groups take the streets
An estimated 200,000 women, men and children took to the streets of Manhattan last Saturday on the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. For several “resistance” groups from Long Island, participation in the march was a way to protest the acts of the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress. more
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An estimated 200,000 women, men and children took to the streets of New York City for the 2018 Women's March, held Jan. 20, one year after President Trump was inaugurated.
Hundreds from Nassau take part in NYC Women's March
An estimated 200,000 men, women and children took to the streets of Manhattan for the second Women’s March, held on the first anniversary of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on … more
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Public corruption depends on civic apathy
People like to think the best of others, including elected and appointed officials at all levels, from your local village to the high hills of Albany or D.C. Our confidence is almost always affirmed, because most local public servants are . . . more
Goalie Kelsey Gregerson, of Rockville Centre, made a save for the Long Island Sound, a team in the United Women’s Lacrosse League.
Former South Side athlete playing with the pros
Former South Side High School athlete Kelsey Gregerson was one of 100 players selected in the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League’s inaugural draft last week, joining elite players in a league aimed at elevating the female game. more
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Rockville Centre’s Carol Fisher, left, was honored at the National Council of Jewish Women’s 22nd annual “Women Who Make a Difference” luncheon at Temple Avodah in Oceanside on May 3. Jackie Fetner, who chairs NCJW Long Island Sections, helped present the award.
RVC’s Fisher honored for community service
Rockville Centre resident Carol Fisher was one of four women honored by the Long Island section of the National Council of Jewish Women on May 3 for their exceptional contributions as leaders in … more
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The governor takes aim at the gender pay gap
Over the past several decades, women have made tremendous strides in the workforce. Working mothers are now the single or primary source of income in 40 percent of . . . more
The Molloy women’s basketball team won the East Coast Conference championship for the first time since 2010.
Molloy women's hoops has historic season
The Molloy Lions trailed top-seeded Adelphi 58-57 with just 7.2 seconds remaining in the second round of the NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament on March 11. The fate of their already … more
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Why we still need Women’s History Month
In late 1916, Brooklyn’s Inez Milholland Boissevain, a prominent New York attorney and suffragist, was traveling the country, demanding equal rights for women, including the right to vote. By the time she reached the West Coast . . . more
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