“I have been studying women’s political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.” FirstsHas BeensHelpingPoliticalStudyBehaviorGenderGapsLegendaryGender Gap Author:Eleanor Smeal
“Carolyn Maloney identifies with the possibility of being raped, that's why she hung in there for the Debbie Smith Bill. So it - it's essential that in New York, if we can't get a prominent woman in New York, where can we? I mean there's so many states that have never even had a woman senator. We're still on our first this and our first that.” IfsFirstsMeanStillsStatesNew YorkPossibilityEssentialsBillsHungSenatorsProminent Author:Eleanor Smeal
“The gag rule must be eliminated, and it's just the gag rule, we're not talking now even about funding abortion. We're talking about, you know, counseling and speaking, so that's one. That can be reversed by an executive order. [George W.]Bush put it in the first day he got in office. We hope that [Barack] Obama takes it out. He had cut off funding for the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, even though Congress had appropriated. It is injured women who are the poorest of the poor.” KnowsFirstsOrderNationsPoorUnitedTalkingCuttingOfficeCongressPopulationBarackAbortionFundExecutivesUnited NationsFundingInjuredPoorestNot TalkingCounselingGagsExecutive Orders Author:Eleanor Smeal
“We want this - and I - we hope that right when they come back, that the Congress passes the Lilly Ledbetter Act which would correct the Supreme Court decision that was just recent that essentially guts wage discrimination law. It's been in place for years. It was gutted by this Roberts Court. We want it to be reversed by legislation. We hope that Congress passes it and that is on the desk for [Barack] Obama to sign as one of his first acts once he's sworn in. So it - I could go on, we have quite a well-developed list.” WantYearsFirstsWellsLawDecisionGoes OnCourtCongressListsSupremeDiscriminationBarackGutsDesksLegislationSupreme CourtCourt Decision Author:Eleanor Smeal
