Fox News

Mississippi university mulls over removing 'Women' from its name

One of Mississippi’s public universities is pausing its effort to switch to a name that doesn’t include the word "Women." The president of Mississippi University for Women, Nora Miller, said in a ...
Black Enterprise

Black Women In Mississippi Hold Power Of The Sister Vote Boot Camps To Combat Voter Suppression

The boot camps are aimed at increasing voter turnout among Black women in counties throughout Mississippi. There’s a growing movement among Black women in Mississippi focused on mobilizing their ...

Senate group vets ideas for how Mississippi should act on health of women, children and families

Advocates and state agency directors pitched recommendations to lawmakers Tuesday on how to prioritize legislative funds for the health and well-being of women, children and families during the ...
Yahoo

‘Voting feels like a battle’: In Mississippi, a group of Black women is reimagining voter turnout

SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI — The training in northwest Mississippi that Cassandra Welchlin led was focused on get-out-the-vote efforts, but the longtime community organizer wanted to make space to sing.
Rolling Out

Empowering Black women voters in Mississippi: The Sister Vote Boot Camp

As the November elections approach, a significant movement is emerging among Black women in Mississippi to mobilize their voting power. The Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable, a civic engagement and ...
The Grio

For pregnant Black women, mortality rate is higher in Mississippi than for white women

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Black people make up about 38% of Mississippi‘s population, but a new study shows that Black women were four times more likely to die of causes directly related to pregnancy than ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Mississippi women are resilient despite a study that says state is worst for women

Mississippi women, you still cook the best fried chicken in the world. Most of you will never match my late maternal grandmother, Bessie Anders McDowell, in that regard. But, keep plugging. Our women ...
Yahoo

Maternal mortality rate is much higher for Black women than white women in Mississippi, study says

Dr. Michelle Owens, a maternal fetal medicine subspecialist, speaks on Feb. 22, 2023 at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Owens is one of the leaders of a committee that published a study Wednesday, ...
WAFB

A Mississippi university proposes dropping ‘Women’ from its name after decades of also enrolling men

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi University for Women announced a proposal Monday to rebrand as Mississippi Brightwell University, with officials saying the new name is supposed to reflect the ...
Black Enterprise

Human Rights Group Slams Mississippi For Failing To Prevent Black Women’s Cervical Cancer Deaths

The federal government, human rights activists say, is also to blame. Human rights activists have determined that the state of Mississippi and the federal government failed to prevent Black women in ...

Mississippi State women continue preparing for upcoming SEC games

The Bulldogs have just three nonconference games before conference games start with Alabama State coming to Starkville next.