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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta hands Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson a document he signed during a news conference at the Pentagon, Jan. 24, 2013, to lift the Defense Department’s ban on women in direct ground combat roles. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo. By opening up more opportunities for people to serve in uniform, we are making our military stronger and we are making America stronger.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta hands Army Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson a document he signed during a news conference at the Pentagon, Jan. 24, 2013, to lift the Defense Department’s ban on women in direct ground combat roles. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo.

By opening up more opportunities for people to serve in uniform, we are making our military stronger and we are making America stronger.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to work today. She was presented with a gift from her staff: protective head gear - a football helmet with the State Department logo on the side as well as a football jersey with the number 112 on it, for the number of countries the secretary visited during her four-year tenure. (via NBC) 

(Source: politicista, via thriftedsweaters)

nypl: NYPL’s Hunts Point Library received a surprise visit today from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor! Justice Sotomayor was visiting her hometown and decided to pay a visit to her old library stomping grounds in the Bronx. The staff from the Library, along with one of our patrons, were pleased to welcome her back to the branch!

nypl:

NYPL’s Hunts Point Library received a surprise visit today from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor! Justice Sotomayor was visiting her hometown and decided to pay a visit to her old library stomping grounds in the Bronx. The staff from the Library, along with one of our patrons, were pleased to welcome her back to the branch!

Unisex Easy-Bake oven on the way

usatoday:

Hasbro says it will begin selling gender-neutral Easy-Bake ovens after meeting with a 13-year-old New Jersey girl who had campaigned for them.

McKenna Pope, of Garfield, N.J., got more than 40,000 signatures on her online petition at Change.org. 

She began her campaign after finding only pink or purple Easy-Bake ovens. She wanted to buy ovens in other colors as a Christmas gift for her four-year-old brother, Gavyn Boscio.

McKenna said Hasbro is doing everything she wanted, including featuring boys in ads for the toy. “They really met most or even all of what I wanted them to do, and they really amazed me,” she said, adding that her brother Gavyn thought the new design was “awesome.”

Never doubt the ability of 13-year-old girls to change the world. 

Sandy Hook teacher Kaitlin Roig interviewed by Diane Sawyer.

flagonthemoon: My good friend Vicki Soto passed away in todays tragic shooting. I first met her freshman year of college and our relationship grew stronger even after we had graduated. We were very close and always stayed in touch talking about our teaching jobs. I talked to Vicki Tuesday and she told me that she loved her 16 angels and never wanted to let them go. Today when the shooting started Vicki hid her kids in closets and shielded them when the gunman came into her room. She was then murdered.  Words can not express how heartbreaking and tragic this is. I will miss you dearly. Vicki Soto: The Teacher That Took Action (Daily Beast) First-grade teacher Victoria Soto, 27, died saving her students (New Haven Register)

flagonthemoon:

My good friend Vicki Soto passed away in todays tragic shooting. I first met her freshman year of college and our relationship grew stronger even after we had graduated. We were very close and always stayed in touch talking about our teaching jobs. I talked to Vicki Tuesday and she told me that she loved her 16 angels and never wanted to let them go. Today when the shooting started Vicki hid her kids in closets and shielded them when the gunman came into her room. She was then murdered.  Words can not express how heartbreaking and tragic this is. I will miss you dearly.

Vicki Soto: The Teacher That Took Action (Daily Beast)

First-grade teacher Victoria Soto, 27, died saving her students (New Haven Register)

(Source: , via motherjones)

Iraq War veteran and double amputee Tammy Duckworth, Representative Elect from Illinois.  She is the first Asian American woman elected to Congress from Illinois.

Iraq War veteran and double amputee Tammy Duckworth, Representative Elect from Illinois.  She is the first Asian American woman elected to Congress from Illinois.

Mazie Hirono, the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate. “I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate,” Hirono said at a rally earlier in the campaign. “I’m a woman. I’ll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate. I am an immigrant. I am a Buddhist. When I said this at one of my gatherings, they said, ‘Yes, but are you gay?’ and I said, ‘Nobody’s perfect.’”

Mazie Hirono, the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate.

“I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate,” Hirono said at a rally earlier in the campaign. “I’m a woman. I’ll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate. I am an immigrant. I am a Buddhist. When I said this at one of my gatherings, they said, ‘Yes, but are you gay?’ and I said, ‘Nobody’s perfect.’”

emilys-list: New Hampshire is the first state to have an ALL FEMALE delegation, including EMILY’s List women - Maggie Hassan, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ann McLane Kuster and Carol Shea-Porter. Click Like if you LOVE this! New Hampshire’s Delegation to the 113th Congress: Senator Kelly Ayotte (R, not pictured), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D), Representative Ann McLane Kuster (D), and Representative Carol Shea-Porter (D).   New Hampshire’s Governor Elect: Maggie Hassan (D) Live free or die ladies.

emilys-list:

New Hampshire is the first state to have an ALL FEMALE delegation, including EMILY’s List women - Maggie Hassan, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ann McLane Kuster and Carol Shea-Porter. Click Like if you LOVE this!

New Hampshire’s Delegation to the 113th Congress: Senator Kelly Ayotte (R, not pictured), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D), Representative Ann McLane Kuster (D), and Representative Carol Shea-Porter (D).  

New Hampshire’s Governor Elect: Maggie Hassan (D)

Live free or die ladies.

Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s first female elected attorney general and first Democrat elected attorney general.   “We expanded the boundaries for women in Pennsylvania.  We have expanded the boundaries for your daughters.” Hat tip to and I am the Fox

Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s first female elected attorney general and first Democrat elected attorney general.  

“We expanded the boundaries for women in Pennsylvania.  We have expanded the boundaries for your daughters.”

Hat tip to and I am the Fox

humansofnewyork: These two women came from the Netherlands to run in the marathon today. Instead of moping about the event being cancelled, they spent their time volunteering on Staten Island. Saw so many people in running gear today, helping New Yorkers remove debris from their houses. Makes sense— because nobody who signed up for a marathon is afraid of hard work.

humansofnewyork:

These two women came from the Netherlands to run in the marathon today. Instead of moping about the event being cancelled, they spent their time volunteering on Staten Island. Saw so many people in running gear today, helping New Yorkers remove debris from their houses. Makes sense— because nobody who signed up for a marathon is afraid of hard work.

timelightbox: Brittany Wirth, Arvada, Colo.  Photographer Grant Cornett took to the streets of North Carolina, capturing members from each state’s delegation. His work puts a face on the Democratic Party in 2012. See more photos here.

timelightbox:

Brittany Wirth, Arvada, Colo. 

Photographer Grant Cornett took to the streets of North Carolina, capturing members from each state’s delegation. His work puts a face on the Democratic Party in 2012.

See more photos here.

"If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire, if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores, if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote, if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time, if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream, and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love… then surely… surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream."

— Michelle Obama, speaking at the Democratic National Convention. (via pantslessprogressive)

usatoday:

Some of the amazing Team USA women’s performances during the London Olympics — they earned 28 of the USA’s 46 gold medals in London. If the American women were their own country, they would be third in the medal count.

Here’s to you, ladies.

(All photos by USA TODAY and USA TODAY Sports photographers.)