Title IX: The Journey Continues

The L2T team wants to share with you the stories of women and men who strive to achieve the intended goal of Title IX – creating opportunity so that individuals, regardless of gender, can reach their full potential. Many have become leaders in their communities, organizations, and, in some cases, countries. These are their stories.

Welcome to the License to Thrive (L2T) community!

Welcome to the License to Thrive (L2T) community!

Over the next six (6) months, we’ll share stories of female achievement, leadership and success as well as the obstacles and challenges still to be overcome.

Project Vote Smart: Voter’s Self-Defense System Launch 2008

Project Vote Smart: Voter’s Self-Defense System Launch 2008

Project Vote Smart focuses research on every presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative candidate and incumbent in the country.

Council of Women World Leaders

Council of Women World Leaders

While the United States continues to discuss the prospect of electing a female President in 2008, many countries around the world have already experienced this political “first.” Countries such as Chile, Switzerland, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Ireland and Peru currently are or have been governed in the past by female presidents and prime ministers, many of whom are members of the Council of World Women Leaders.

Vote, Run, Lead: 2005-2007 Go Run Training Demographics

Vote, Run, Lead: 2005-2007 Go Run Training Demographics

Vote, Run, Lead is the White House Project’s (WHP) grassroots initiative to increase the number of women in the political pipeline and equip them with the necessary tools to be successful and effective leaders.

Shirley Chisholm – A Politician Unbought and Unbossed

Shirley Chisholm – A Politician Unbought and Unbossed

She was the first African American woman elected to Congress.