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Title: "The Year in Review"
Date: 12/25/98
Program Number:740
Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Pat Schroeder, Elaine Chao
Topics:
  • Pharmacists use conscience clauses in refusing to fill emergency contraception prescriptions.
  • Divorced parents try new living arrangements to help their kids adjust.
  • A look beyond the Clinton-Lewinsky matter at important news for women in 1998.

    Title: "Women & Holiday Stress"
    Date: 12/18/98
    Program Number:739
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Elaine Chao, Pat Schroeder, Faye Anderson
    Topics:

  • The House of Representatives votes to impeach the President.
  • More and more single men are raising kids on their own.
  • The Center for a New American Dream shows how women can ease stress by simplifying the holidays.

    Title: "The Best of To The Contrary"
    Date: 12/11/98
    Program Number:738
    Topics:

  • Women Journalists who risk their lives receive the Courage in Journalism Award.
  • Japanese women are getting ahead by staring their own businesses.
  • USAID funds give women in Morocco basic health services.
  • Egypt's female pharaoh Hatshepsut and her legacy.

    Title: "Girls Inc. & Healthy Families America"
    Date: 12/4/98
    Program Number:737
    Topics:

  • Girls Incorporated of Wilmington, NC is helping girls avoid getting pregnant by teaching them to love themselves.
    Panelists:Antonia Novello, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad, Ann Stone.
  • Healthy Families America is tackling the problem of child abuse by giving new mothers personal support.
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Harriett Woods, Deborah Simmons, Jan Parshall.

    Title: "Population Momentum in India"
    Date: 11/27/98
    Program Number:736
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ann Stone, Irene Natividad, Amy Coen
    Topics:

  • The organization Adbusters tries to turn "Black Friday," the busiest shopping day of the year, into "Buy Nothing Day."
  • India is fast becoming the world's most populous nation because of "population momentum." We look at how the country's women are addressing the problem.

    Title: "Women & Vegetarianism--Thanksgiving Show"
    Date: 11/20/98
    Program Number:735
    Panelists:Linda Chavez, Julianne Malveaux, Jan Parshall, Harriett Woods
    Topics:

  • Ken Starr testifies and the Lewinsky tapes are made publics. What do American women think?
  • The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services release a new study on violence against women.
  • Interview with Lauri Chonko of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine on the benefits of not eating turkey.

    Title: "Women Athletes & the Media"
    Date: 11/13/98
    Program Number:734
    Panelists:Linda Chavez, Julianne Malveaux, Karen Miller, Ruth Conniff
    Topics:

  • A non-biological mother wins custody rights in a court battle with her estranged lesbian partner.
  • Stay-at-home dads get encouragement from groups designed just for them.
  • A new study by Women, Men, and Media looks at how women athletes feel about their lack of media attention.

    Title: "After the Vote"
    Date: 11/6/98
    Program Number:733
    Panelists:Arianna Huffington, Linda Chavez, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad
    Topics:

  • How women voted in the 1998 elections, and how women candidates fared.
  • The teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. is at its lowest in over 20 years.

    Title: "The Courage in Journalism Awards"
    Date: 10/30/98
    Program Number:732
    Panelists:Arianna Huffington, Irene Natividad, Karen Tumulty, Philipa Thomas
    Topics:

  • Will women voters make 1998 another "Year of the Woman"?
  • Marriage skill classes for public high school students.
  • The International Women's Media Foundation honors brave women journalists who risk their lives to bring us the news.

    Title: "Minority Health"
    Date: 10/23/98
    Program Number:731
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Arianna Huffington, Irene Natividad, Darlene Kennedy
    Topics:

  • Legislation in 105th Congress: Did women win or lose?
  • Gymnast Dominique Moceanu sues her parents for independence.
  • Health Watch is working to improve the health of minorities, with a special focus on women and teens.

    Title: "Affirmative Action--Women Left Out"
    Date: 10/16/98
    Program Number:730
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Susan Molinari, Harriett Woods, Linda Chavez
    Topics:

  • Two up-coming Supreme Court cases on students' rights--one on sexual harassment, one on women and athletics.
  • Women candidates and campaign advertising.
  • Interview with Karen Narasaki of Americans for a Fair Chance on how women get left out of the affirmative action debate.

    Title: "Boys & Aggression"
    Date: 10/9/98
    Program Number:729
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Susan Molinari, Linda Chavez, Irene Natividad
    Topics:

  • The House of Representatives votes for an unrestricted impeachment inquiry.
  • Vanity Fair magazine's photo portfolio of America's 200 most influential women.
  • Interview with Bernard Lefkowitz, author of Our Guys, on the Glen Ridge rape case and boys' aggression.

    Title: "The White House Project"
    Date: 10/2/98
    Program Number:728
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Julianne Malveaux, Elaine Chao, Ruth Conniff
    Topics:

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugle: Women in advertising.
  • Senior citizens and their sex lives.
  • Interview with Marie Wilson, President of the White House Project, on getting a woman in the White House as President.

    Title: "Work/Family Congress"
    Date: 9/25/98
    Program Number:727
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Judsen Culbreth, Julianne Malveaux, Deborah Simmons
    Topics:

  • The Clinton scandal--Feminists defend the President
  • Effects of the First Couple's crisis on American couples
  • Working Mother Magazine picks top 100 family-friendly companies.

    Title: "Healthy Families"
    Date: 9/18/98
    Program Number:726
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Harriett Woods, Janet Parshall, Deborah Simmons
    Topics:

  • Democrats demoralized after the President's confession
  • Healthy Families America: stopping child abuse before it starts.

    Title: "The Starr Report"
    Date: 9/11/98
    Program Number: 725
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Irene Natividad, Christina Hoff Sommers
    Topics:

  • The Release of the Starr Report over the Internet
  • Choosing the sex of your child

    Title: "Labor Day Special on Pay Equity"
    Date: 9/4/98
    Program Number: 724
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Ann Stone, Julianne Malveaux, Naomi Lopez
    Topics:

  • Husbands who move when their wives change jobs
  • Importing skilled immigrants in Silicon Valley
  • Interview with Linda Chavez Thompson of the AFL-CIO on a new pay equity Web site.

    Title: "Sexual Harassment in Schools"
    Date: 8/28/98
    Program Number: 723
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Karen Miller, Ann Stone, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • The President's supporters
  • Interview with Verna Williams of the National Women's Law Center on how to address sexual harassment in schools.

    Title: "Generation X Women"
    Date: 8/21/98
    Program Number: 722
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Ruth Conniff, Kimberly Schuld, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Pregnant girls rejected from National Honor Society
  • Women use physical aggression as much as men
  • Interview with author Michele Mitchell on how Gen. X women are different than others.

    Title: "Global Summit of Women"
    Date: 8/14/98
    Program Number: 721
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ann Stone, Irene Natividad, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • Americans' feelings about the Clintons
  • Working mother loses custody battle
  • Package on the Global Summit of Women addressing women's role in international trade.

    Title: "Women in Prison"
    Date: 8/7/98
    Program Number: 720
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Janet Parshall, Anita Perez Ferguson, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • More minorities than whites now on welfare
  • The polygamy debate in Utah
  • Interview Brenda V. Smith of the National Women's Law Center on sexual abuse of women in prisons.

    Title: "Juvenile Justice"
    Date: 7/31/98
    Program Number: 719
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Janet Parshall, Anita Perez Ferguson, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • The presidential scandal
  • New rules on relationships in the military
  • Interview with Attorney General Janet Reno on juvenile justice.

    Title: "Child Care in America"
    Date: 7/24/98
    Program Number: 718
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Julianne Malveaux, Darlene Kennedy, Judsen Culbreth
    Topics:

  • Population implosion in developed nations
  • Women read newspapers less than men
  • Interview with Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala and a look at Working Mother Magazine's survey on child care in the 50 states.

    Title: "Seneca Falls"
    Date: 7/17/98
    Program Number: 717
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Linda Chavez, Irene Natividad, Judsen Culbreth
    Topics:

  • Patient's Bill of Rights
  • Education Savings Bill
  • Package on the 150th anniversary celebration of the Seneca Falls Convention.

    Title: "Affirmative Action"
    Date: 7/10/98
    Program Number: 716
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Linda Chavez, Julianne Malveaux, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • NOW's annual convention
  • More women than men graduating
  • Interview with Secretary Alexis Herman on affirmative action.

    Title: "Food Safety"
    Date: 7/3/98
    Program Number: 715
    Panelists:Linda Chavez, Irene Natividad, Harriett Woods, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • Linda Tripp's image
  • Hillary Clinton in China
  • Interview with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on food safety.

    Title: "Girls Incorporated"
    Date: 6/26/98
    Program Number: 714
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Dr. Antonia Novello, Irene Natividad, Ann Stone
    Topics:

  • Blanche Lambert Lincoln-campaigning with kids
  • Wisconsin's "cocaine mom" law
  • Interviews with girls, mothers, and staff involved with Girls Inc., a group fighting teen pregnancy.

    Title: "Operation Fatherhood"
    Date: 6/19/98
    Program Number: 713
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Christina Hoff Sommers, Harriett Woods, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • Girls Report-risky behavior on the rise
  • Epidurals denied to women in labor
  • Interview with Zuline Gray Wilkinson of Operation Fatherhood.

    Title: "Mothers Against Violence"
    Date: 6/12/98
    Program Number: 712
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Irene Natividad, Julianne Malveaux, Jan Parshall
    Topics:

  • Child labor in the U.S.
  • Advertising in schools
  • Interviews with members of the Coalition of Survivors for Violence Prevention.

    Title: "Violence Against Women"
    Date: 6/5/98
    Program Number: 711
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Pat Schroeder, Julianne Malveaux, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • Older women and addiction
  • Proposition 227-ban on bilingual education
  • Interview with Attorney General Janet Reno.

    Title: "Japanese Women in Politics"
    Date: 5/29/98
    Program Number: 710
    Panelists:Rep. Connie Morella, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • Viagra v. the Pill-insurance coverage
  • Movie romances
  • Interviews with Japanese women politicians.

    Title: "Lani Guinier-Civil Rights"
    Date: 5/22/98
    Program Number: 709
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, C. DeLores Tucker, Anita Perez Ferguson, Ann Stone
    Topics:

  • Breast cancer drugs
  • Jane Swift-pregnant candidate
  • Interview with Lani Guinier on her new book Lift Every Voice.

    Title: "Minority Women in Business"
    Date: 5/15/98
    Program Number: 708
    Panelists:Hazel O'Leary, Elaine Chao, Linda Chavez, Sharon Hadary
    Topics:

  • College drinking
  • Camryn Manheim-overweight actresses
  • Interviews with minority women business owners, and the new NFWBO survey.

    Title: "Mothers and Daughters"
    Date: 5/8/98
    Program Number: 707
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Harriett Woods, Darlene Kennedy
    Topics:

  • The Clintons-a new poll on how Americans view their relationship
  • Custody battle of frozen embyos
  • Interview with Cokie Roberts on her new book We Are Our Mothers' Daughters.

    Title: "Women and Time"
    Date: 5/1/98
    Program Number: 706
    Panelists:Arianna Huffington, Cynthia McKinney, Elaine Chao, Judsen Culbreth
    Topics:

  • Teen pregnancy-Parents' influence on sexual behavior
  • Caring for aging women
  • Interview with Prof. John Robinson, University of Maryland, on how women use time.

    Title: "After-School Care"
    Date: 4/24/98
    Program Number: 705
    Panelists:Arianna Huffington, Cynthia McKinney, Elaine Chao, Judsen Culbreth
    Topics:

  • NOW chooses not to support Paula Jones
  • Viagra, the male impotence pill
  • Interview with Senator Patty Murry of Washington State on the need for after-school care.

    Title: "Guyana's Woman President"
    Date: 4/17/98
    Program Number: 704
    Panelists:Hazel O'Leary, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Irene Natividad, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • Burlington v. Ellerth, sexual harassment case
  • Teletubbies and T.V. for children
  • Interview with Janet Jagan, President of Guyana, on her path to power and her initiatives to help women.

    Title: "Small Class Size"
    Date: 4/10/98
    Program Number: 703
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Beth Desoretz, Susan Au Allen, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • The status of the investigation of the President
  • Evasion of the "Nanny Tax"
  • Interview with Senator Patty Murray on the need to reduces class size in America's schools.

    Title: "The Argument Culture"
    Date: 4/3/98
    Program Number: 702
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Arianna Huffington, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Janet Parshall, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • The dismissal of the Paula Jones case
  • Girls' financial knowledge
  • Interview with Deborah Tannen on her new book The Argument Culture.

    Title: "Women's History Month"
    Date: 3/27/98
    Program Number: 701
    Panelists:Patricia Schroeder, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ann Stone, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • The Jonesboro shootings
  • Supreme Court cases on sexual harassment
  • Interview with Christina Hoff Sommers on the danger of making history "herstory."

    Title: "Product Liability and Women"
    Date: 3/20/98
    Program Number: 652
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Victoria Toensing, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • The ethics of reproductive technology
  • Women's lives after Beijing
  • Interview with Rep. Anne Northup on product liability law.

    Title: "Single-Sex Education"
    Date: 3/13/98
    Program Number: 651
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Irene Natividad, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Ann Stone
    Topics:

  • Kathleen Willey and the President's problems
  • Gender segregation in the military
  • Interview with Maggie Ford, President of the AAUW Educational Foundation.

    Title: "Texas Women-The Houston Show"
    Date: 3/6/98
    Program Number: 650
    Panelists:Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Kathryn Whitmire, Gwen Daye Richardson
    Topics:

  • NannyCam on the Internet
  • Interview with P.J. Pierce, author of What I've Learned: Wise Texas Women Speak.

    Title: "Emotional Intelligence"
    Date: 2/27/98
    Program Number: 649
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Janet Parshall, Hazel O'Leary
    Topics:

  • Paula Jones' life and reputation
  • Discrimination at Joe's Stone Crabs
  • Interview with Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, author of Emotional Intelligence at Work.

    Title: "The White House Women's Office "
    Date: 2/20/98
    Program Number: 648
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Harriett Woods, Linda Chavez, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • Conflict with Iraq and the gender gap in support
  • Infertility as a disability
  • Interview with Audrey Tayse Haynes of the White House Women's Office.

    Title: "Japanese Women in Business "
    Date: 2/13/98
    Program Number: 647
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Julia Chang Bloch, Irene Natividad, Ann Stone, and Karen DeWitt
    Topics:

  • The Lewinsky Scandal Legacy
  • A look at three Japanese women who started their own businesses.

    Title: "Black History Month "
    Date: 2/6/98
    Program Number: 646
    Panelists:Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Julianne Malveaux, C. DeLores Tucker
    Topics:

  • The President's Initiative on Race
  • Black History Month-interview with Dr. Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women since 1957.

    Title: "Unsung Heroines "
    Date: 1/30/98
    Program Number: 645
    Panelists:Linda Chavez, Rep. Louise Slaughter, Julianne Malveaux, Josette Shiner
    Topics:

  • The President's initiatives and the scandal
  • A new study on pre-menstrual syndrome
  • Unsung heroines-a special look at our 1998 award-winners, great women doing great things in their communities.

    Title: "Women and AIDS "
    Date: 1/23/98
    Program Number: 644
    Panelists:Anita Perez Ferguson , Victoria Toensing; Lynn Martin, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Diane Rehm, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • Monica Lewinsky and the President
  • Animal abuse and domestic violence
  • Women and AIDS-AIDS Czar Sandra Thurman talks about why women are being infected at such high rates and how we can combat this trend.

    Title: "Welfare to Work "
    Date: 1/16/98
    Program Number: 643
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Hazel O'Leary, Darlene Kennedy
    Topics:

  • Paula Jones v. the President
  • The GOP and late-term abortion
  • Welfare to work-interview with Labor Secretary Alexis Herman on new programs.

    Title: "Minority Women in Corporate Suites "
    Date: 1/9/98
    Program Number: 642
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Jan Parshall, Darlene Kennedy, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • Marriage penalty tax
  • Spending time with your spouse
  • Women of color in executive suites-interview with Elynor Williams, Senior Vice President for Corporate Responsibility, Sara Lee Corporation.

    Title: "Positive Aging "
    Date: 1/2/98
    Program Number: 641
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Jan Parshall, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • Woman on death row
  • Abuse and child custody laws
  • Mature women in America-author Karen Kaigler Walker talks about her book Positive Aging.

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