Women

Single Women Voters Focus of Democrats’ Equal-Pay Appeal

25 May 2012

Unmarried women were among Barack Obama’s most loyal supporters in 2008, turning out in droves and delivering 70 percent of their votes to him. When many of them stayed home in the 2010 midterm election, Democrats lost the House and had their Senate majority trimmed.

Smooth Sailing for 1st Women to Serve on Navy Submarines

24 May 2012

Two years after the Navy decided  to allow women to serve as officers aboard its submarines, the integration of women into the submarine force appears to be going smoothly. That’s the word from some of the first women selected to become “submariners,�  who say the...

Olympic Athletics History: The Last Five Women to Win the Javelin Throw

24 May 2012

The women's javelin throw made its Olympic debut at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. The great American athlete Babe Didrikson was the first gold medalist in the event. The following list includes brief profiles of the last five women to capture Olympic gold in the javelin throw: