Happy New Year!

The U.S. WHP wishes everyone a healthy and prosperous new year! Happy 2008!

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MSN's Most Influential Women of 2007

MSN has published their Most Influential Women of 2007 list! Click here to see the article which highlights several girls and women, including Miley Cyrus and J.K. Rowling.

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Following the '08 Primary Elections!

Who will win the 2008 primary election in the U.S.? Follow the major presidential-hopefuls and their campaigns by checking out these web sources:
Scholastic Kids News Campaign News
FactMonster Campaign 2008
BBC News "2008 Election: Main Contenders"
Yahoo! News "Election '08"
Congress.org Election 2008: Canidates and Information

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Benazir Bhutto

Today, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, age 54, was assassinated at a rally in Rawalpindi. She was shot in the neck, and a bomb exploded. The assasin, who is unidentified as of now, was also killed in the bomb explosion. Bhutto served as PM from 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996. She was the first female national leader in the Middle East.

To find out more, here are a few links:
For information aimed towards kids about earlier conflicts in Pakistan, see these Scholastic Kid's News links: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748268, http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748369, and http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748476.
And an article by the BBC about the assassination: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7161590.stm.

This is a sad day for everyone: the violence hasn't solved anything, and the loss of a strong woman like Bhutto is very upsetting.

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Jane Austen

Happy birthday to famed British author Jane Austen, who wrote many books including Pride and Predjudice, Northanger Abbey and Emma!

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Happy Birthday, Tracy Austin!

Happy Birthday to Tracy Austin! Tracy's the youngest tennis player ever to win a professional tournament (at 14, she won the 1977 Avon Futures), and, in 1992, the youngest to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Check out her full bio here.

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FactMonster's "Women of Influence" page

Check out this page from FactMonster.com with dozens of articles and quizzes about women of influence: in congress, winning the Pulitzer Prize, influencing religion, and other information. Also lists famous firsts by American Women. See it all here: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768438.html.

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You go, girls!

Check out this newspiece from Scholastic: http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748500. This is an inspiring story about girls making headway into math and science careers and research. "For the first time in the history of the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, girls walked away with top honors in both individual and team categories." Three girls: (all high school seniors) Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff of New York and Isha Himani Jain of Pennsylvania. The kids did science projects about drub-resistant tuberculosis and bone growth. Read the article for more details! Congratulations, girls!

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to singers/actresses Mary Martin and Bette Midler ! Also today in history was when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man (1955).

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Happy Birthday, Louisa May!

Happy Birthday to Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)! Pennsylvania born Louisa My, is most famous for her books, including Little Women. She also worked as a seamstress and a Civil War nurse before writing. Read her bio here at Fact Monster and here at the National Women's Hall of Fame site. For more info, check out this link to information about her house, quotes, etc.

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Today's Date in History

Today in history: In 1881, the American Association of University Women was founded. Also founded (in 1858) was the Young Women's Christian Association. In 1919, American-born Lady Astor joined the British Parliment, being the first women to do so.

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Breast Cancer Awareness

Breast Cancer Awareness month was in October, but each year, 211,000 women are diagnosed. You can help by sending an awarness e-card or visitng this click a day site. For the ladder, you click the pink button in the center and then are brought to a page with various on-screen ads. "When you click, we display ads from our site sponsors," the site says. "100% of the money from these advertisers goes to our charity partners, who fund programs to provide mammograms to women in need." Thanks!
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Equality E-cards

Check out these neat Women's Equality e-cards on Bluemountain.com!
Women's Equality E-cards

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UN speaks out about violence against women

Sunday was the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women! Ban Ki Moon, current Secretary-General of the UN, has condoned VAW as "one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world" [and rightly so!]. He has pledged to do something about it, too. Hurrah! Full article here:http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24786&Cr=women&Cr1=.

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Spatulatta

Another website for girls, by girls! This site, Spatulatta, has cooking video demos and recipes run by two girls (ages 11 and 9, perhaps?). It's pretty big now, and they've even toured the country doing presentations! They also have a blog, too. Spatulatta

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GirlSpeak and GirlStart

Here are two feminist links for girls!
GirlSpeak
Their blurb:"GirlSpeak is a pro-women, web-based literary and visual art magazine seeking to build an accessible, inclusive community for young women artists and writers. We showcase original works by girls 12-22 to an international audience. We hope to enlighten our readers about self-love, healthy lifestyles, activism through art and awareness of the world around them." Annual submissions are due July 5th!

GirlStart
We found this on the kid's search engine, KidsClick. They described it: "Girlstart is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging young women to reach their full potential. Girlstart offers hands-on programming in math, science and technology and is the founder of the first and only Girls' Technology Center in Texas. Girlstart.com offers free online lessons, science experiments, articles, games, and more for girls to discover how exciting math, science and technology can be!"

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We will post things on current events that have to do with women's activism and historical events that happened on each day.

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