Nichola Gutgold
Nichola D. Gutgold is a professor of communication at Penn State and author of numerous books on women trailblazers. Visit her website at www.nicholagutgold.com. Her latest book is a children's book version of The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women, Growing Up Supremely: The Women of the Supreme Court. Perfect for granddaughters ages 6-12. She is in her twenty-five full time year as a professor who encourages everyone she meets to Speak Up and Speak Well!
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Preliminary Polling Results: Hillary Clinton made believers out of more young women than did Sarah Palin
there is evidence to show that more young women were encouraged by the presidential race of Hillary Clinton than by the vice-presidential bid of Sarah Palin. The poll asks women to reflect about whether or not the campaigns of these national female politicians made them believe that there would be a woman president in her lifetime. more »
CultureWatch, July 2010
It's enjoyable to find a story told in a layered way. This one reads so convincingly like a memoir that the reader is tempted to forget that it really is artful fiction. It could also be a non-academic dissertation of food with implications of the intimate connections between who we are and what we are accustomed to eating. more »
Helen Thomas Reminds Us Of Freedom Of Thought
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who served on the US Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932 who held up freedom of thought as one of the prime protections offered to citizens in the US Constitution. He explained that he believed that this protection was most valuable "not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate." more »
Another Woman on the Supreme Court May Position More Women to Enter Politics and Government
A few weeks ago I interviewed Linda Lingle, governor of Hawaii and she told me that she is especially careful about how she presents herself in public because she realizes that with so few women at the highest levels of government, all eyes are on her. more »
