The Daily Rundown — The Latest News Affecting Women & Girls in Our Region

In today’s rundown: Dorothy I. Height, a leader in the gender and civil rights movements, has died.  |  Today is Equal Pay Day.  |  The League of Women Voters withdraws its support from a bill that would give the District a vote in Congress.  |  Alexandria officials are worried the city is losing its racial and economic diversity.

— Dorothy I. Height, a founding member of the civil rights movement who fought for racial and gender equality, has died at the age of 98.  As a civil rights activist, Ms. Height began participating in protests in the 1930s.  She also worked to overcome gender bias at a time that predated the women’s rights movement.  She was invited to the White House in 1963 to watch President John F. Kennedy sign the Equal Pay Act.  To read more about Dorothy Height and her work, please click here.

— Today is Equal Pay Day, a day that reminds us that the more than 60 million women who work in this country are suffering economically because equal pay is not a reality.  Click here to read about the continuing pay gap and why shortchanging women shortchanges all of us.

— The League of Women Voters has announced that it will not support a bill pending in Congress that would give the District a vote in Congress but would also weaken the city’s gun laws.  According to a statement: “asking citizens to sacrifice their safety in order to have representation in Congress is unacceptable.”  Click here for more.

— Officials in Alexandria are concerned that the city has become whiter, wealthier and more expensive during the past decade.  Local officials say they’re worried that the city will lose its racial and economic diversity.  Click here for details.

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