Rita Henley Jensen

editor, mother, grandmother

RITA HENLEY JENSEN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Rita Henley JensenRita Henley Jensen is founder of Women's eNews. A former senior writer for the National Law Journal and columnist for The New York Times Syndicate, Rita Henley Jensen has more than 30 years of experience in journalism and an armload of awards, including the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Alumni award, the Hunter College Presidential Grant for Innovative Uses of Technology in Teaching, the Alicia Patterson fellowship, and the Lloyd P. Burns Public Service prize. Jensen is also a survivor of domestic violence and a former welfare mother who earned degrees from Ohio State University and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She is the grandmother of four, two granddaughters and two grandsons.

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December 9, 2013

Cross-posted from WeNews In a one-week period last month two major developments--both tied to Women's eNews' coverage--could signal a rousing from complacency. One was a New York hearing; the other was $6 million in funding by pharmaceutical giant Merck. Credit: Timothy Wood/Code Arachnid on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--Years' of complacency about the worsening rates at which U.S. women are dying or being injured during childbirth might be ending. In a one-week period last month maternal mortality in the United States suddenly gained significant...

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