| September 22, 2010 |
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Eight Forty-Eight - "Madam Mayor? The Female Prospects for Chicago’s Fifth Floor Office"
Rebecca Sive | 5:45 PM | Blog Post
Dear Readers,
This link is to a discussion yesterday on Chicago's NPR affiliate, WBEZ, about the race to replace Mayor Daley:
Eight Forty-Eight - Madam Mayor? The Female Prospects for Chicago’s Fifth Floor Office
We covered a lot of ground, so I hope you'll take a listen, and then let me know what you think.
Sincerely,
Rebecca
This link is to a discussion yesterday on Chicago's NPR affiliate, WBEZ, about the race to replace Mayor Daley:
Eight Forty-Eight - Madam Mayor? The Female Prospects for Chicago’s Fifth Floor Office
We covered a lot of ground, so I hope you'll take a listen, and then let me know what you think.
Sincerely,
Rebecca
Labels: Chicago Mayor, Chicago politics, Laura Washington, Mayor Daley, NPR, Rebecca Sive, WBEZ
| September 16, 2010 |
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How a woman wins the race to replace Mayor Daley
Rebecca Sive | 7:58 PM | Blog Post
Dear Readers,
How a woman wins the race to replace Mayor Daley: See top-featured post (as of now, and for the last day), at Huffington Post Chicago, in which I present my take on how this could get done.
And here's a fun way to keep track of the (mayoral) players; for, as someone said, albeit in a different game-context, as many players as there are right now, how could you possibly keep track without
a score card? Well, thankfully, some very clever people have
created one.
Right now, this all is quite amusing, at least for those of us not trying to raise the millions it will take, or trying to figure out how to recruit the neighborhood organizers who really know how to make things happen. But, as those of you who've lived in Chicago for a while know well, it won't stay funny for long. So, keep paying attention to what's happening, if you would.
Meanwhile, if you need some motivation, remember that Chicago is a soulful, beautiful, big, important and wonderful place; it deserves the very best in its next mayor. Not to coin a cliche, but to repeat one: This city really is "Sweet Home Chicago*;" let's all of us who care about it do everything we can to keep it that way.
Sincerely,
*The best version of Sweet Home Chicago is by Magic Sam, heard best on the Delmark Records album, West Side Soul. If I had a nickel for every time I've listened to it, I could be a big donor to one of those mayoral campaigns: Check-it-out.
Labels: Chicago, Chicago Mayor, Delmark Records, Magic Sam, Sweet Home Chicago, West Side Soul
| September 13, 2010 |
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Now you'll really get it: "The Women's Land Army"
Rebecca Sive | 10:29 AM | Blog Post
Dear Readers,
No, this post isn't about the army of women who might elect the next Chicago (woman) mayor (more to come on that, anon), but it is about a local group of powerful and comitted women.
This is about something very cool, and it is coming up very soon. Check-this-out: http://www.stevensoncenterondemocracy.org/wla.html.
No, this post isn't about the army of women who might elect the next Chicago (woman) mayor (more to come on that, anon), but it is about a local group of powerful and comitted women.
This is about something very cool, and it is coming up very soon. Check-this-out: http://www.stevensoncenterondemocracy.org/wla.html.
Sincerely,
Labels: Adlai Stevenson, Chicago Mayor, sustainable agriculture, Women's Land Army
| September 10, 2010 |
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"Daleypalooza:" Rahmbo Rahmno: The Case for a Woman to Replace Mayor Daley
Rebecca Sive | 12:59 PM | Blog Post
Dear Readers,
So, I decided to hit-the-ground-running on this one: Why not a woman mayor to replace Mayor Daley? Give me one good reason.
Here's my Huffington Post piece in which I make the case: Rahmbo Rahmno....keep reading; it's provocative:).
The piece was picked-up yesterday afternoon by Rich Miller's Capitol Fax. [Rich gets credit for the "Daleypalooza" description of the circus that just opened under this (Chicago) big top.]
And, interestingly enough, the piece got picked-up right away by the Wall Street story page of USA Today. [I spend a bit of time in the blogpost writing about the LaSalle Street/Wall Street moneychangers-moneyraisers so accessible to Rahm.]
And, for a while there, the piece was the top post on the Huffington Post Politics Rahm page--above Michael Moore's rant re "happy f---ing Labor Day." It's still there, along with all the other juicy Rahm-stuff.
This is all kinda fun, but, really, and mostly, it's, literally, tragically, deadly serious. [We need to stop the dying in our streets, and rebuild our city, so that it works for all.]
As to serious, for instance, I'm getting e-mails--two just this morning--from highly-qualified women, at least as qualified as any man in the mix, if measured by commitment to this city and time working in its trenches. And, the names of other smart and gifted women have otherwise crossed my desk over the last couple days.
Does Chicago need some "queen-makers," as one of my girlfriends put-it, instead of some "king-makers"?
Is it time for us Chicago women to put our political talents to use--for us--and to ask our sisters around the country for help? Let me know what you think.
Sincerely,
Rebecca
So, I decided to hit-the-ground-running on this one: Why not a woman mayor to replace Mayor Daley? Give me one good reason.
Here's my Huffington Post piece in which I make the case: Rahmbo Rahmno....keep reading; it's provocative:).
The piece was picked-up yesterday afternoon by Rich Miller's Capitol Fax. [Rich gets credit for the "Daleypalooza" description of the circus that just opened under this (Chicago) big top.]
And, interestingly enough, the piece got picked-up right away by the Wall Street story page of USA Today. [I spend a bit of time in the blogpost writing about the LaSalle Street/Wall Street moneychangers-moneyraisers so accessible to Rahm.]
And, for a while there, the piece was the top post on the Huffington Post Politics Rahm page--above Michael Moore's rant re "happy f---ing Labor Day." It's still there, along with all the other juicy Rahm-stuff.
This is all kinda fun, but, really, and mostly, it's, literally, tragically, deadly serious. [We need to stop the dying in our streets, and rebuild our city, so that it works for all.]
As to serious, for instance, I'm getting e-mails--two just this morning--from highly-qualified women, at least as qualified as any man in the mix, if measured by commitment to this city and time working in its trenches. And, the names of other smart and gifted women have otherwise crossed my desk over the last couple days.
Does Chicago need some "queen-makers," as one of my girlfriends put-it, instead of some "king-makers"?
Is it time for us Chicago women to put our political talents to use--for us--and to ask our sisters around the country for help? Let me know what you think.
Sincerely,
Rebecca
Labels: Capitol Fax, Chicago Mayor, Huffington Post, Mayor Daley, Michael Moore, Rahm Emanuel, Rich Miller, Wall Street
| September 7, 2010 |
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My Labor-Day Week, Jane Addams-Birthday Week Rule for Girl Radicals
Rebecca Sive | 6:26 PM | Blog Post
Dear Readers,
Forgotten Contributions: Women in Illinois History, an early project of mine, was a traveling exhibit that toured during the Bicenntennial.
Fortunately for the history we told, the exhibit traveled throughout the state, beginning at the federal building in downtown Chicago, and including a showing at the Illinois State Fair. As you might imagine, this was all definitely "a first."
Along the way, the exhibit garnered a lot of publicity.
Fortunately for us young historians, working hard to make the case for the importance of women's leadership in America's great historical episodes, a woman by the name of Hannah Shapiro Glick made herself known to us, after she read one of these newspaper stories.
At this link, to the wonderful online magazine, Chicago History Journal, you can read Hannah's heroic story, as I recounted it back-in-the-day. Along with the story, there are some great pictures, and a good reading list, including a children's book about Hannah, for those budding feminists in your family.
Thanks to Sharon Williams, the Journal's founder and editor, for re-publishing this piece.
Have a great Chicago women's labor history week.
Rebecca
Forgotten Contributions: Women in Illinois History, an early project of mine, was a traveling exhibit that toured during the Bicenntennial.
Fortunately for the history we told, the exhibit traveled throughout the state, beginning at the federal building in downtown Chicago, and including a showing at the Illinois State Fair. As you might imagine, this was all definitely "a first."
Along the way, the exhibit garnered a lot of publicity.
Fortunately for us young historians, working hard to make the case for the importance of women's leadership in America's great historical episodes, a woman by the name of Hannah Shapiro Glick made herself known to us, after she read one of these newspaper stories.
At this link, to the wonderful online magazine, Chicago History Journal, you can read Hannah's heroic story, as I recounted it back-in-the-day. Along with the story, there are some great pictures, and a good reading list, including a children's book about Hannah, for those budding feminists in your family.
Thanks to Sharon Williams, the Journal's founder and editor, for re-publishing this piece.
Have a great Chicago women's labor history week.
Rebecca
Labels: Hannah Shapiro Glick, Illinois, Illinois State Fair, Jane Addams, Labor Day
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