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Title: "Women & The Millennium"
Date: 12/31/99
Program Number:841
Panelists:Various
Topics:
  • Women & the Millennium: "Millennium madness" is prompting a lot of people--particularly women--to think about what the closing of this historical chapter means. Some of our panelists and guests share who they think is the Woman of the Millennium and discuss the challenges women have faced and have yet to overcome.

    Title: "Re-Entering the Workforce"
    Date: 12/24/99
    Program Number:840
    Panelists:Kellyanne Fitzpatrick Irene Natividad Amy Holmes Michelle Singletary
    Topics:

  • On-Line Shopping
  • The Changing American Family
  • Interview w/Jill Miller, Executive Director of Women Work.

    Title: "National Council of Negro Women: Agenda"
    Date: 12/17/99
    Program Number:839
    Panelists:Toni Ford Irene Natividad Amy Holmes Michelle Singletary
    Topics:

  • Political Daughters
  • Surgeon General's Mental Health Report
  • Interview w/Dr. Jane E. Smith, President & CEO of the National Council of Negro Women

    Title: "FMLA: Family Leave Income"
    Date: 11/26/99
    Program Number:836
    Panelists:Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Michelle Singletary, Linda Chavez, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Adoption Discrimination Against the Disabled
  • GI Joe and Boys' Body Image
  • Interview w/Judith Lichtman, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families

    Title: "The Working Woman's Vote"
    Date: 11/19/99
    Program Number:835
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Holly Page, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Corporate Ladder Levels Off: New Census data says there are less women in line for CEO positions
  • Discrimination Against Obese Women in the Workplace
  • Interview w/Adele Stan, contributing writer to Working Woman Magazine

    Title: "Employers' Role In Pay Equity"
    Date: 11/12/99
    Program Number:834
    Panelists:Michelle Singletary, Heather Nauert, Ruth Conniff, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Cost of Raising a Child
  • More Women Ph.D.s
  • Interview w/Susan Bianchi-Sand, Executive Director of the National Committee on Pay Equity

    Title: "Women & Campaign Fundraising"
    Date: 11/5/99
    Program Number:833
    Panelists:Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Susan Molinari, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Carol Moseley-Braun Nomination for Ambassdor to New Zealand
  • Controversial composition lands Texas schoolboy in jail
  • Interviews w/Pat Harrison, Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Ellen Malcolm, President and Founder of EMILY's List

    Title: "Sex, Media & Women's Health: Who Cares About Girls?"
    Date: 10/29/99
    Program Number:832
    Panelists:Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Amy Holmes, Irene Natividad, Laura Flanders
    Topics:

  • Viagra for Women
  • Harry Potter-mania: promoting the occult?
  • A Boston conference explores the influence of the media on girls' sexual health

    Title: "E-Commerce & Women's Businesses"
    Date: 10/22/99
    Program Number:831
    Panelists:Ann Stone, Irene Natividad, Amy Holmes, Laura Flanders
    Topics:

  • Elizabeth Dole drops out of Presidential campaign
  • Abstinence & Girls' Sex-Ed programs
  • E-commerce and women-owned businesses

    Title: "From Zzz's to A's: School Start Times"
    Date: 10/15/99
    Program Number:830
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Elaine Chao, Judsen Culbreth
    Topics:

  • Some Women's Business Groups petition Small Business Administration for "socially disadvantaged" status
  • Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of law giving grandparents and "third parties" the right to petition court for visitation
  • Later school start times make the grade. Interview w/Rep. Zoe Lofgren

    Title: "See Jane Win"
    Date: 10/8/99
    Program Number:829
    Panelists:Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Elaine Chao, Julianne Malveaux, Holly Page
    Topics:

  • Gore Re-starts campaign again in Tennessee
  • Women Boxes Man in Seattle
  • How competitive girls grow into successful women. Interview w/Dr. Sylvia Rimm, author of See Jane Win

    Title: "Women Business Owners & Congress"
    Date: 10/1/99
    Program Number:828
    Panelists:Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lynn Martin, Eliane Chao, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • Population Boom: 6 Billion & Growing
  • New Perspective on Teen Pregnancy
  • Interview w/Terry Neese of the National Association of Women Business Owners

    Title: "Children Speak on Working Parents"
    Date: 9/24/99
    Program Number:827
    Panelists:Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lynn Martin, Amy Holmes, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • Bob Dole 'Disses' Elizabeth Dole's Presidential Campaign?
  • Divorce Rate Falling?
  • Interview w/Ellen Galinsky, author of Ask the Children

    Title: "Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment"
    Date: 9/17/99
    Program Number:826
    Panelists:Linda Chavez, Patricia Ireland, Karen Miller, Julianne Malveaux
    Topics:

  • Divorced Dads Claim Discrimination in Courts
  • Casual Days at Work
  • Interview w/Verna L. Williams of the National Women's Law Center

    Title: "Diane Rehm:Finding My Voice"
    Date: 9/10/99
    Program Number:825
    Panelists:Linda Chavez, Laura Flanders, Amy Holmes, Holly Page
    Topics:

  • Bradley and the Women's Vote
  • Grandparents raising grandchildren
  • Interview w/Diane Rehm

    Title: "Minority Women & Retirement"
    Date: 9/3/99
    Program Number:824
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Connie Morella, Linda Chavez, Ruth Conniff/Jeanette Takamura
    Topics:

  • Freshman 15 & Body Image
  • Women & Retirement II:Minority Women & Retirement

    Title:"Women's Consumer Network"
    Date: 8/27/99
    Program Number:823
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Linda Chavez, Susan Molinari, Ruth Coniff
    Topics:

  • At-Home Drug Tests
  • Women and Welfare
  • Interview w/Melissa Moss

    Title: "Time Off for Schools Bill"
    Date: 8/20/99
    Program Number:822
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amy Holmes, Heather Nauert
    Topics:

  • Cash for Contraception
  • Evolution in Schools
  • Interview w/Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)

    Title: "Kids & Commercialism"
    Date: 8/13/99
    Program Number:821
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad, Amy Holmes, Heather Nauert
    Topics:

  • Gun Violence:Aiming for Safety
  • Bush Lite:George Bush Jr. Denies Using Cocaine
  • Interview w/Betsy Taylor

    Title: "Millennium Healthcare"
    Date: 8/6/99
    Program Number:820
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Holly Page, Amy Holmes, Arianna Huffington
    Topics:

  • Stay-At-Home Husbands for Women CEOs
  • Internet Adultery
  • Interview w/Dr. Joycelyn Elders

    Title: "Women & Retirement"
    Date: 7/30/99
    Program Number:819
    Panelists:Rep. Jennifer Dunn, Rep. Louise Slaughter, Amy Holmes, Rep. Nancy Johnson
    Topics:

  • Tax Cut Bill
  • Women & Retirement I

    Title: "CA Child Support Collections"
    Date: 7/23/99
    Program Number:818
    Panelists:Rep. Nancy Johnson, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Amy Holmes.
    Topics:

  • Adult Child Support
  • California Child Support Collections

    Title: "Women's Salary Survey"
    Date: 7/16/99
    Program Number:817
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Elaine Chao, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Patients' Rights Bill
  • The Babe Factor: Women's Championship Soccer
  • Working Woman's Salary Survey

    Title: "Charity Cars"
    Date: 7/9/99
    Program Number:816
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Pat Schroeder, Amy Holmes, Arianna Huffington
    Topics:

  • Hillary Clinton Explores
  • High School Wage Gap
  • Interview w/Brian Menzies

    Title: "State of Day Care"
    Date: 7/2/99
    Program Number:815
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Julianne Malveaux, Heather Nauert, Arianne Huffington
    Topics:

  • Marriage & Pessimism
  • Immigrants & Domestic Jobs
  • Interview w/Working Mother's Nicola Godfrey

    Title: "Children & Environmental Hazards"
    Date: 6/25/99
    Program Number:814
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Holly Page, Linda Chavez, Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
    Topics:

  • Working Through Retirement
  • Pausing Menopause
  • Interview w/Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

    Title: "At-Risk Youth"
    Date: 6/18/99
    Program Number:813
    Panelists:Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Heather Nauert, Susan Au Allen
    Topics:

  • Juvenile Justice/Gun Control Bill
  • At-Risk Youth

    Title: "Germaine Greer:The Whole Woman"
    Date: 6/11/99
    Program Number:812
    Panelists:Julianne, Malveaux, Amy Holmes, Lynn Martin, Ruth Conniff
    Topics:

  • Gore & Women Voters
  • Post-Columbine Student Backlash
  • Interview w/Germaine Greer

    Title: "Tipper Gore & the Mental Health Conference"
    Date: 6/4/99
    Program Number:811
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Lynn Martin, Ruth Conniff, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Hillary Running?
  • Interview w/Tipper Gore

    Title: "Arizona's Fab Five"
    Date: 5/28/99
    Program Number:810
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Linda Chavez, Irene Natividad, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • Senator Hillary?
  • New Bankruptcy Legislation
  • Interview with Governor Jane Hull (R-AZ)

    Title: "Women's Networks"
    Date: 5/21/99
    Program Number:809
    Panelists:Pat Schroeder, Irene Natividad, Linda Chavez, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • More School Violence - Atlanta, GA
  • Murder or Suicide?: Family shooting in Orlando
  • Interview with Sheila Wellington, President of Catalyst

    Title: "Molly Ivins"
    Date: 5/14/99
    Program Number:808
    Panelists:Patricia Ireland, Ruth Conniff, Heather Nauert, Deborah Simmons
    Topics:

  • Pre-Marital Counseling Legislation
  • Fur Coat Warning Labels
  • Interview with Politcal Columnist Molly Ivins, on the state of the "liberal" media

    Title: "Women and Philanthropy"
    Date: 5/7/99
    Program Number:807
    Panelists:Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Patricia Ireland, Amy Holmes, Deborah Simmons, Kavita Ramdas
    Topics:

  • White House School Violence Summit.
  • To The Contrary's Exclusive Poll on Women and Philanthropy.

    Title: "State of the States: Pay Equity"
    Date: 4/30/99
    Program Number:806
    Panelists:Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Uninsured Children.
  • Money & Marriages.
  • Pay Equity from State to State.

    Title: "Women Investors"
    Date: 4/23/99
    Program Number:805
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Amy Holmes, Heather Nauert, Vicki Thomas
    Topics:

  • School Violence in Littleton, Colorado.
  • The Closing of Radcliffe College.
  • Investement Programs for Women.

    Title: "Women Serial Killers"
    Date: 4/16/99
    Program Number:804
    Panelists:Lynn Martin, Linda Chavez, Julianne Malveaux, Harriet Woods
    Topics:

  • Negative Behavior of Parents.
  • Gender Issues in the Military.
  • Interview with Pat Kirby, on the feminization of serial killing.

    Title: "Majority Minority"
    Date: 4/9/99
    Program Number:803
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Irene Natividad, Lynn Martin, Linda Chavez, Margaret Simms
    Topics:

  • Kosovo Refugees.
  • Deadbeat Parents.
  • San Francisco's Hearts and Minds Collaborative, discourse on minorities becoming the majority in the new millenium.

    Title: "The Power of Women's Bodies"
    Date: 4/2/99
    Program Number:802
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Irene Natividad, Ann Stone, Amy Holmes, Phyllis Greenberger
    Topics:

  • Gay Marriages.
  • Interview with Natalie Angier, author of Woman: An Intimate Geography.

    Title: "Women and Media - Geraldine Laybourne"
    Date: 3/26/99
    Program Number:801
    Panelists:Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ruth Conniff, Elaine Chao, Amy Holmes
    Topics:

  • Women in the Military: Kosovo.
  • Women and Sleep.
  • Interview with Geraldine Laybourne of Oxygen Media.

    Title: "Working Mother"
    Date: 3/19/99
    Program Number:752
    Panelists:Working Mother's Top 10 Work-Life Companies
    Topics:

  • Education Agenda & Republicans.
  • Car Phone Safety.
  • Working Mother's Top 10 Work-Life Companies.

    Title: "Unsung Heroines"
    Date: 3/12/99
    Program Number:751
    Panelists:Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, Irene Natividad, Judsen Culbreth, Faye Anderson
    Topics:

  • Elizabeth Dole Explores Presidential Bid.
  • Happy 40th Birthday, Barbie.
  • The Unsung Heroine Awards.

    Title: "Tammy Baldwin"
    Date: 3/5/99
    Program Number:750
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Ruth Conniff, Faye Anderson, Vicki Toensing
    Topics:

  • Equal Pay & Poverty.
  • Race, Sex and Your Heart.
  • Freshman Women in Congress: Interview w/Tammy Baldwin.

    Title: "Women at the Polls"
    Date: 2/26/99
    Program Number:749
    Panelists:Julianne Malveaux, Karen Miller, Patricia Ireland, Darlene Kennedy
    Topics:

  • Lewinsky-Broaddrick.
  • Senator Hillary?
  • Interview with Amy Caiazza.

    Title: "Ceasefire!"
    Date: 2/19/99
    Program Number:748
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Arianna Huffington, Irene Natividad, Linda Chavez
    Topics:

  • Family Medical Leave Act.
  • Cybergirls.
  • Interview with Cathy Young, author "Ceasefire!".

    Title: "The Greedy Hand"
    Date: 2/12/99
    Program Number:747
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Jennifer Dunn, Irene Natividad, Arianna Huffington
    Topics:

  • Impeachment Ends.
  • Where the Boys Aren't.
  • Interview with Amity Shlaes, author "The Greedy Hand."

    Title: "Middle School Daycare"
    Date: 2/5/99
    Program Number:746
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Karen Miller, Judsen Culbreth, Deborah Simmons
    Topics:

  • Anti-Affirmative Action.
  • American & European Sex Education.
  • Interview with Sarah Hoit Whitman.

    Title: "Hope In a Jar"
    Date: 1/29/99
    Program Number:745
    Panelists:Judsen Culbreth, Elaine Chao, Faye Anderson, Karen Tumulty
    Topics:

  • Women Senators and the Impeachment.
  • Women More accepting of Religion?.
  • Interview with Kathy Peiss, author of "Hope in a Jar".

    Title: "106th Congress"
    Date: 1/22/99
    Program Number:744
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Ruth Conniff, Karen Miller
    Topics:

  • Breast Cancer.
  • Hillary and Liddy.
  • Issues facing the women of the 106th Congress.

    Title: "Shareholders vs. Stakeholders"
    Date: 1/15/99
    Program Number:743
    Panelists:Eleanor Holmes Norton, Linda Chavez, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, Elaine Chao
    Topics:

  • Politicians' Private Lives/Bob Barr.
  • The role of corporations in economic security of families.

    Title: "Ms. Senior America"
    Date: 1/8/99
    Program Number:742
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Linda Chavez, Julianne Malveaux, Faye Anderson
    Topics:

  • Laws making it harder for teens to smoke illegally and get drivers' licenses.
  • A new study shows a link between delaying childbearing and living longer.
  • Contestants in the Ms. Senior America Pageant are proving the later years can be a time of opportunity.

    Title: "Women and Social Security"
    Date: 1/1/99
    Program Number:741
    Panelists:Irene Natividad, Linda Chavez, Julianne Malveaux, Faye Anderson
    Topics:

  • The ethics of the science behind the world's first live-born octuplets.
  • Women dockworkers sue for equality in hiring.
  • Interview with Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) on what women need from Social Security reform
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