Arizona broke glass ceiling for women in office, but lags
Arizona voters broke the gender barrier in 1998 when they voted five women into statewide elected office and turned the state into the first in the nation to have an all-female elected line of succession.
Diversity Dialogue explores media coverage of women
Was it sexist to open a story with Helen Purcell crying? Does repeating Donald Trump’s comments further stereotypes? Do race, gender and sexual orientation belong in news stories?
Brewer calls contraception debate a ‘Democrat ploy’
Gov. Jan Brewer said she’s uncomfortable with a bill that would require some women to prove they’re using birth control for non-contraceptive reasons, but said the debate raging at both the state and national level is just election-year politics by Democrats who are hoping to drive women from the GOP.