Word: projects
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that's what my T-shirt is for), I wanted to write about the issues of feminism and politics raised in one of the speeches we heard, the keynote address by Marie C. Wilson President of the Ms. Foundation and of the White House Project. (She also helped create "Take Our Daughters To Work...
...Project, according to the foundation's literature, is "dedicated to creating a climate in American politics that will allow a qualified woman to successfully run for the presidency within the next decade." You may have seen their high-profile ad campaign in numerous national magazines, a mock ballot printed with the photos of 20 women who were chosen as strong potential candidates. The photos include those of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Elizabeth Dole, Marian Wright Edelman and Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas). Though the ballot is only hypothetical, its collection of portraits and profiles makes...
Wilson's speech, which detailed the founding of the project and some of the initial opposition to the idea, was genuinely thought-provoking. Her main theme was that leadership often involves taking on a project when everyone else believes that you're wrong, and she used the White House Project as an example of such an endeavor. Fundraising efforts for the project were somewhat hindered by the nature of the program--one which rises above both political parties and the money which flows from those parties. The candidates on the ballot are split fairly evenly among liberals and conservatives...
...certain Potter purists are concerned about Harry's upcoming first appearance on the silver screen. British producer David Heyman saw a blurb on The Sorcerer's Stone shortly after its British publication but before the book became a smash. He brought the project to Warner Bros. (like TIME, owned by Time Warner), which optioned the book. The plan is for a live-action film, with Harry played as a British schoolboy. A first script, by Steven Kloves, who wrote and directed The Fabulous Baker Boys, is due by the end of the year...
...Networking is intimidating for some women," says Gretchen A. Hoff '00, last year's director of the Women's Leadership Network, a subset of the project. "Because Harvard has been a male-dominated institution for so long and so many alumni are male, I think it is important for women to have an 'old girls club...