Women inventors, long overlooked, are churning out more patents than ever
CNN

(CNN)If you've used Wi-Fi, windshield wipers or a dishwasher -- and who hasn't? -- you have a woman to thank.

War, famine and drought: More women say they won't have children because of climate change
USA Today

Laura Formisano says she has never felt a huge desire to have children, but she always presumed that would change.

Women Are Diagnosed Years Later Than Men For Same Diseases, Study Finds
NBC News

The study of 6.9 million people found that the same conditions were recognized in men when they were about four years younger than the age at which women were diagnosed. For a wide range of diseases, diagnosis comes later in life for women than for men, according to a large Danish study.

Equal Pay Is Fundamental For Women’s Success In The New Economy
Center for American Progress

In recent months, opponents of strengthening equal pay protections have parroted a common refrain from the Trump administration and its supporters by focusing on the fact that women gained 58 percent—or roughly 1.5 million—of all new private sector jobs created in 2018. They tout this singular piece of data as evidence that the economy must be working well for women and their wages. However, this talking point obscures and oversimplifies the diverse experiences of working women—particularly women of color—and ignores why equal pay is so critical to women’s economic progress.

#MeToo and Hollywood; Women's Suffrage

This week on To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, our panelists discuss the progress of the #MeToo Movement, the Warner Bros. Scandal, and the Suffragists final battle for the right to vote in Tennessee.

On the panel this week joining host Bonnie Erbe is: Representative for the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton; Megan Beyer, Wilson Center, Women In Public Service; Commentary writer for the Washington Examiner, Tiana Lowe; and Republican Strategist, Rina Shah.

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Millennial Voices: Being An Ally

By: Courtney Taylor