Stories by Ruth Rosen

Ruth Rosen, former columnist for the Los Angeles Time and San Francisco Chronicle, is a Professor Emerita of History at U.C. Davis and a Scholar in Residence at the Center for the Study of Right-Wing Movements at U.C. Berkeley. Her most recent book is The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America. Her web site is www.ruthrosen.org. Follow her on twitter at @ruthrosen and on Facebook.  subscribe to Ruth Rosen's feed

Women Are the Key to the Presidential Debate and Election

Posted on: Oct 12, 2012, Source: Open Democracy 50.50

They are the big demographic that can't be ignored If either of the candidates are serious about winning.

We Never Said "We Wanted it All": How the Media Distorts the Goals of Feminism

Posted on: Aug 5, 2012, Source: Open Democracy 50.50

What Anne-Marie Slaughter and so many other privileged women have failed to understand is that the original women’s movement sought an economic and social revolution that would create equality at home and at the workplace.

"Drugged by Testosterone": Why Did Bill Keller and Other Male Pundits Support the Iraq War?

Posted on: Sep 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Women Ignored in VP Debate

Posted on: Oct 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet

In the end, women will swing this election. Might be a good moment to start speaking to them. And a cursory nod to women's rights isn't enough.