Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i7QLeFR03232; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:40:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:40:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s12e1fc9.086@mailsrv21.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2991] information for students X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1971 Lines: 49 Your students may be interested in learning that eighty-four years ago today women gained the right to vote. Many studies have shown that women do better when more women are in power. The U.S. ranks 59th in the world for elected female representatives to our national legislature, with only 14 female senators and 60 female members of House. Around 60 percent of undecided voters and a majority of swing voters are women, according to pollsters at a press conference this week. Unmarried women, especially young, unmarried, undecided women are the most likely to stay at home on Nov. 2, according to these analysts. In the last presidential election, unmarried women made up the largest group of eligible voters who did not register or who did not vote: 22 million unmarried women who were eligible to vote didn't cast a ballot and 16 million did not register. This year, estimates are that less than half of all single women between ages 18 and 34 will not register or not vote. In fact, many see politics as something "old white men do" reports The White House Project, an organization dedicated to fostering women's participation in the electoral process. Young female voters, however, are the ones who most need to go to the polls. They are most at risk for experiencing avoidable life-changing events. They are most at risk for unwanted pregnancies; most at risk for poverty; most at risk for suffering employment discrimination; most at risk for rape and other forms of violence; and most at risk for believing that these events reflect a personal failure of a sort. Daphne Greenberg Assistant Professor Educational Psych. & Special Ed. Georgia State University P.O. Box 3679 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University P.O. Box 3977 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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