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Dressing like a lawyer
A recent article in Inside Higher Ed titled, Brains Not Clothes, brings up an important point that applies to pretty much all professional women or those that live under public scrutiny. We see a congressman jogging and the comments are about how he keeps his routine …
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Barbara Beskind- 90 years old, “Age is an advantage”
In our youth obsessed culture that tells women their value is in looking and being forever young Barbara Beskind is an inspiration. At the age of 90 she is living out her dream as a designer and inventor, a career that she started after she retired …
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Meet Rockstar Shoshana Stewart, CEO in Afghanistan
Meet Shoshana Stewart, CEO of Turquoise Mountain, a company based in Kabul, Afghanistan. What makes her a rockstar? Not only is she a CEO in an Afghani company, but listen to the mission of her company: “TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 AT THE REQUEST OF …
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Ernestine Johnson- Race, Linguistics, and Gender
Ernestine Johnson’s poem/speech on the Aresenio Hall show was powerful and moving, demonstrating the power of words and what even an intended compliment might imply about our society and how we see race, gender, and class:
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Look for a distributor for your new product?
If you are starting a new business and have a new, interesting, and exciting product, but don’t have a distribution channel you may want to check out this new website called The Grommet. Or even if you are interesting in supporting small business it is …
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Kayla Montgomery- Determination in the Face of Adversity
If you have been thinking lately you can’t or if you think no one is around to catch a hero when they need someone this video is for you. Kayla Montgomery may have multiple sclerosis, but it hasn’t stopped her from racing towards her goals and …
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Gender Injustice- the greatest injustice of our century
Think that gender issues are not relevant or important. Think that people just hammer on women’s right are complaining and whining? Watch this recent TED talk by Sheryl WuDunn author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Then ask youreself not …
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“Mr. Wonderful” thinks women make better CEOs
Shark tank’s Kevin O’leary recently mentioned that he thinks women make better CEO’s because they are more risk averse leading to better steady long term financial returns. I am not sure if I agree with that. However, there are several studies that show Mr. O’leary …
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Political Infographics
As a country we pride ourselves on diversity and being very progressive on women’s rights. We’d like to think that the gender gap is smaller here then other countries like Afghanistan…. but when we look at the data is it true? Here are some interesting …
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What is Stressing Out Women CEOs?
Jules Pieri is CEO of the Grommet, a website that promotes entrepreneurs with new undiscovered products, stopped my Markeplace. She is one of the most influential women entrepreneurs and she advocates women inventing their own businesses as a way to avoid high stress and …
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