In today’s rundown: Celebrating women’s suffrage. | Ted Stevens and Title IX. | How women network. | The fields that employ the most women.

– Today marks the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote.  Click here for more about the years-long fight for women’s suffrage.

– Senator Ted Stevens was a “guardian angel of women in sports,” according to a commentary on Women’s eNews. Stevens, who died last week in a plane crash, was one of the sponsors of Title IX of the Equal Education Amendments Act.

– Women network just as much as men do, but not as effectively, according to a new study. Among the study’s findings: women aren’t as connected to many people higher up in organizations; and women who make it to the top are less inclined to promote other women.

– Ever wonder which career fields employ the most women?  Click here for a look at the top 10.

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