In just the first five months of this year, 15 states have passed legislation restricting access to abortions in what can only be described as the most egregious attack on women’s rights in 50 years.
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By Kathleen Rice and JoAnn Smith
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6/21/19
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After the #MeToo movement exploded into the national consciousness in 2017 and 2018, New York state lawmakers recently proposed no fewer than 11 bills to strengthen the state’s sexual harassment laws.
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5/9/19
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The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and Judge Gail Prudenti, its dean, hosted the school’s fourth annual Outstanding Women in Law Awards on April 22 at RXR Plaza in Uniondale. …
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5/2/19
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Hundreds gathered for the Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards Gala at the Heritage Club at Bethpage on March 28.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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3/29/19
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I never got women’s fashion. I suppose that’s hilariously obvious to anyone who knows me.
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3/15/19
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On Friday, many countries worldwide are commemorating International Women’s Day. Meanwhile, in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, all of March will be marked by . . .
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3/8/19
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Nancy Pelosi to Donald Trump: “No.”
Sorry if you’re in the first bloom of youth, girlfriends. The ground under your tight, smooth butts is shifting.
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2/8/19
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Herald Community Newspapers hosted a re-launch party for the Fortune 52 column, written by Beverly Fortune, at a networking event at The Loft By Bridgeview in Island Park on Dec. 12. The waterfront venue was alive with cheerful chatter as over 150 guests networked and shopped at the ladies’ “Holiday Night Out.”
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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12/20/18
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I’m obviously not a woman, so I’m not the best person to parse the so-called “women’s vote.” But I’ll try. I’m covering my 25th general election this year . . .
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10/26/18
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Newspaper writer Erasmus Wilson was, no doubt, an über-male chauvinist. In an 1885 Pittsburgh Dispatch column, he joked that American families should kill their baby girls, as was common in China then.
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8/24/18
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