In Which I Attend The New Hampshire Women’s Caucus And End The Day Inspired And Hungry

Mon, Nov 14 – by Ruth Graham. Last Saturday, I left home at 7:30 in the morning to spend the day contemplating the future of women’s issues in my state, the nation, and the world. Luckily there was coffee. The occasion was the New Hampshire Women’s Caucus, a daylong conference on women’s issues and policy priorities. Since New Hampshire hosts the country’s first presidential primary, it receives tons...

We’re Talking about American Values: Liberty, Equality, Justice

Leading Issues at the 2011 New HampshireWomen’s Caucus The New Hampshire Women’s Caucus, which took place on Nov. 12, 2011, at Colby-Sawyer College, began with opening remarks by Ann McLane Kuster, a public policy advocate and community activist, who called for more women in leadership roles in the U.S. Congress and on Wall Street. “Women bring a special sensibility to these areas; we’ve held...

N.H. Women’s Caucus Platform Endorses Affordable Health, Child Care, Workplace Equality and Flexibility, and Ratification of U.N. Women’s Rights Treaty

NEW LONDON, N.H., Nov. 17, 2011 – Affordable and accessible heath care, including reproductive health care, emerged as the top issue on the platform of the 2011 New Hampshire Women’s Caucus, held Saturday, Nov. 12, at Colby-Sawyer College. Timed to precede the first-in-the-nation primary and 2012 state and national elections, the New Hampshire Women’s Caucus identified critical issues for women and families...