And a toast to Patricia Schroeder and Eleanor Smeal on their birthdays!



    Wednesday, July 30, 2008



    5:00 - 7:30 p.m. (Remarks at 6:00 p.m.)



    Sewall-Belmont House and Museum



    144 Constitution Ave., NE, Washington, DC



    WASHINGTON, July 29 /EMWNews/ -- Rumors of Our Progress

Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney shatters

the myths about how far we've come, highlighting how women's issues

permeate every realm of society, and how political change has provided only

a fraction of a solution.



    Senator Hillary Clinton says: "My colleague and friend Carolyn Maloney

has been a tireless and effective advocate for women in America and abroad.

I applaud her ongoing efforts to highlight issues affecting women and to

fight for solutions that improve women's lives."



    If women have made so much "progress" why haven't their lives gotten

any easier? Why do most American women say they don't get enough sleep and

that balancing work and family is getting harder? Why do they make 77 cents

to a man's dollar? And why must Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney still

fight to preserve rights -- such as educational equality and even birth

control -- that seemed secure in the 1970s?



    Mixing wit with withering criticism, Maloney exposes where progress for

women is being stalled, even reversed, by "family values champions" who

prefer women's roles and rights of the 1950's. She argues that gains for

women and girls have only been a down payment on realizing their full

potential, which will be indispensable to maintaining their families'

quality of life, and America's standard of living, in the 21st century

global economy.



    Maloney offers actionable steps--large and small--for women to make

real progress and support real family values in their homes, communities,

workplaces and nation.



    Co-sponsored by the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, the National

Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), the National Organization for

Women (NOW) and the Feminist Majority.