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• An all-out battle for women's votes begins
In 1984, Walter Mondale's choice of Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate shattered a glass ceiling as old as the republic, thrilled feminists and helped create a gender gap among voters that has aided Democrats ever since. That was 24 years before ...
• VP pick Palin makes appeal to women voters
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin waves next to her daughter Piper after being introduced as vice presidential candidate to Republican presidential candidate John McCain. DAYTON, Ohio - Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain introduced his ...
• Japanese women shy from dual mommy role
TOKYO - "I have never met a Japanese man who did not want me to be his mommy." That is the reason, Takako Katayama says, that she has not married. At 37, she has carved out a comfortable life here in Tokyo, with her own apartment, a good job at a ...
• The world’s most powerful women
Hopeful signs for women: Forbes' fifth annual ranking showcases women who have beat out men for top business posts this year, including Lynn Laverty Elsenhans (No. 39), the new chief of Sunoco; Gail Kelly (No. 11), who heads Australian bank Westpac ...
• Video: Decision '08  
Now McCain's choice of Palin makes it likely that Obama will call on Clinton even more, setting the stage for a full-scale battle for the women's vote just as the Democratic Party hoped it had made progress locking it down.