Jill Biden to Publish a Children’s Book About Willow, the White House Cat
Plus, Hillary Clinton wants tech companies stripped of legal immunity.
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New Castle News
Willow the Cat's Journey From Lawrence County to White House Detailed in New Book
March 28, 2024 — A second children’s book about a former barn cat from Lawrence County is in the works. Its author this time? First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. Read more
The Hill
Hillary Clinton Argues Tech Companies Should Be Stripped of Legal Immunity
March 28, 2024 — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued Thursday that major tech companies should no longer receive widespread legal immunity for content posted on their websites under Section 230. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act broadly protects social media platforms from being sued over the material people post to their sites. However, Clinton said these expansive protections no longer make sense. Read more
ABC 25
Important Role First Ladies Have Played in U.S. History
March 28, 2024 — Palm Beach Atlantic University hosted a conversation Tuesday about the political contributions, advocacy for women’s rights, and lasting legacies of first ladies. Former White House adviser and founding member of the First Ladies Association for Research and Education, Anita B. McBride, stopped by our studio to talk more about the event and the important role first ladies have played in U.S. history. View here
Deadline
'The Gracies' Winners List Includes Michelle Obama
March 28, 2024 — The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has announced the 49th Annual Gracie Awards winners. This year’s winners include Michelle Obama, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Glennon Doyle, Rachel Brosnahan, Maria Shriver, Gayle King, Angela Yee, and Nicole Kidman, among many others. Read more
WAFB 9
The White House Expects About 40,000 Participants at Its ‘Egg-ucation’-themed Annual Easter Egg Roll
March 28, 2024 — Some 40,000 people are expected to participate in Monday’s “EGG-ucation”-themed White House Easter Egg Roll, about 10,000 more people than last year. A teacher for more than 30 years, Jill Biden is transforming an annual tradition first held in 1878 into an “EGG-ucational” experience. Read more
The White House Historical Association
Virtual White House Springtime Scavenger Hunt and 360 Tour
March 27, 2024 — The White House Historical Association is offering a new Virtual White House Springtime scavenger hunt as a compliment to the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. These virtual activities can be completed online at whitehousehistory.org for a chance to win an Official 2024 White House Easter Egg Set.
The Virtual White House Springtime scavenger hunt uses a 360-degree virtual tour of the White House. The activity includes fun facts about the history of the Easter Egg Roll, the White House, and the people who have lived in the Executive Mansion. The interactive egg hunt challenges players to find eight fun facts about the history of the White House Easter Egg Roll and other springtime traditions placed throughout the Executive Mansion. A worksheet can be completed when all the facts are located. Completed worksheets can be submitted for a chance to win an Official 2024 White House Easter Egg Set. The Association’s free WHExperience app will also feature the Springtime scavenger hunt along with a history tour about the White House Easter Egg Roll.
East Wing Magazine
The ‘Monumental’ Step Forward for Women’s Health
Last week, when President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order to expand and improve women’s health research, it was only a matter of hours before health professionals responded to the magnitude of the action.
“This is a monumental step forward for women and for advancing our health equity,” says Nicole Woitowich, executive director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute and a research assistant professor in the department of medical social sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “This is really the work of advocacy that’s been done over the past several decades by myself, and many others who’ve highlighted the fact that women are underrepresented, understudied and our research underfunded.” Read more
The Associated Press
Jill Biden Wrote Children's Book About Her White House Cat, Willow, That Will Be Published in June
March 27, 2024 — First Lady Jill Biden has written a children’s picture book about her White House cat, Willow, that will be published in June. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that “Willow the White House Cat” tells the story of how the short-haired tabby ended up at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Read more
NY 1
Health Insurance Companies Pledge to Expand Access to Navigation for Cancer Patients as Jill Biden Convenes Roundtable
March 27, 2024 — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden on Wednesday convened executives from top health insurance companies and other related organizations at the White House to discuss new commitments to expand access to navigation services for cancer patients. Read more
NBC4 Washington
‘Nancy’ Explores First Lady Reagan’s Connection to Pocahontas
March 27, 2024 — “Nancy” is set to debut at Mosaic Theatre, looking at Nancy Reagan’s family connection to Pocahontas. Director Ken-Matt Martin told us what to expect from Rhiana Yazzie’s play. View here
USA Today
Harris Is the First Female Vice President, But Women Have a Long History at the White House
March 27, 2024 — "In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make,” Abigail Adams wrote in 1776 to her husband—future President John Adams, at the Continental Congress—“I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands." Read more
The Anchor
Trailblazing in Pearls: The Iconic First Ladies That Shaped Women’s History
March 26, 2024 — As Women’s History Month draws to a close, it is imperative to delve into the often-overlooked contributions of America’s First Ladies, shaping not only the White House but the course of women’s history itself. The Anchor asked some students on campus about their favorite first ladies and received insightful feedback about their choices. Read more
Linn’s Stamp News
Letters to First Lady Betty Ford Recall Her Decision to Support the Equal Rights Amendment
March 26, 2024 — The voices of our mothers and grandmothers ring out from passionately typed and penciled pages. Some of those voices are content with the old ways or eager for the new. As the United States Postal Service prepares to issue a nondenominated (68¢) commemorative stamp on April 5 to honor Betty Ford, the nation’s 38th first lady, a trove of her incoming correspondence beckons a modern reader with insight into the lives and dreams of less exalted American women at a great intersection of history. Read more
The Hollywood Reporter
Halle Berry Details Herpes Scare That Was Actually Perimenopause in Conversation with First Lady Jill Biden
March 25, 2024 — Social impact agency Propper Daley hosted its fourth A Day of Unreasonable Conversation summit on Monday, featuring a star-studded group of speakers that included Kerry Washington, Halle Berry, Jane Fonda, Paris Hilton, recent Oscar-winner Cord Jefferson and First Lady Jill Biden. Read more
The Washington Post
Trump’s Mother-in-law Came to U.S. Through Process He Wanted to End
March 25, 2024 — Melania Trump sponsored her mother to immigrate to the United States through a family-based process that former president Donald Trump aggressively sought to end, according to federal immigration records released Monday. Read more
The Hill
Biden, First Lady Send Words of Comfort to Princess Kate After Cancer Diagnosis
March 22, 2024 — President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden offered well wishes to Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she revealed Friday that she was diagnosed with cancer. Read more