Better MS Report

Hill featured on Episode 7 of ‘Better Mississippi Report Podcast From the Better Mississippi Report: JACKSON (Monday, Aug. 23, 2010) – Even though women have fared well in elected office in Mississippi, the chairwoman of the Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women says they still have a difficult time finding success in a field [...]

From The Clarion-Ledger: After decades of denial, American women won the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified 90 years ago this week. The story goes that Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, after Tennessee General Assemblyman Harry Thomas Burn, 24, reversed his two prior [...]

Special to the Better Mississippi Report JACKSON (Friday, July 16, 2010) – The Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women announces the appointment of Pam Johnson of the Reservoir area, Brandon, as its new executive director. “We are excited to have someone with Pam’s talent and energy as our executive director,” commission chair Marianne Hill [...]