History of Empowering Women through Education Before 1800, women had little opportunity for higher education. If a woman advanced her intellect, people thought, she would be “unsexed.” The way a woman set about building her self esteem and gaining self confidence was to cultivate the appropriate feminine arts like cooking, sewing, raising children and running […]
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Women Empowerment Is Transforming Politics Women had no formal role in revolutionary America because they were not full citizens. In keeping with 10,000 generations of tradition, women in 1700s America were represented in public affairs by their husbands or fathers. Like women today, however, they exercised their economic power, helping the Colonies by boycotting English
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It’s easy to feel frustrated when you hear the news: Women occupy too few offices in C-suites, earn too little and are underrepresented in politics. You’ve been in groups where the women gnash their teeth in outrage. Bummer, right?
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Have you heard about the campaign to #banbossy? It will advance women empowerment and help us increase our vocabularies if we stop calling girls bossy. In fact, there are many better, more accurate ways to describe women and girls than “bossy,” according to a recent BlogHer post by Julie Ross Godar. This is a reaction
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Bobbi Carducci was an in-home caregiver for her mentally and physically ill father-in-law for seven years. Issues they coped with included dysphagia, schizophrenia, age-related dementia, Parkinson’s disease, heart disease, C.O.P.D. and various infections that popped up like weeds in the summer. She describes what she did as creative problem solving on the run and hopes
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Barnard College, the oldest liberal arts college for women in the U.S., launches a new perspective on Feminism. “Dare to Use the F Word” is a new monthly podcast series created by and for young feminists. Barnard President and author of Wonder Women, Debora Spar, says that she doesn’t presume to know what young women
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A recent report from a senior volunteer leader for the United Way. All across the USA, 131 United Ways have developed women’s leadership councils. Ever year, more than 56,000 women volunteers in women’s leadership councils raise more than $155 million JUST FROM OTHER WOMEN. Women change the world for the better! The National Women’s Leadership Council
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Corporate America spends millions of dollars each year to make the workplace more efficient and productive. Finding and retaining talented and experienced workers is key to reducing turnover and high operational costs. Mentoring new employees and helping them become successful on the job is one way to reduce turnover. Women can benefit from a female
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Women Helping Women I spend a lot of my time talking to women about helping women who are need…..Why shouldn’t women do this, aren’t we better prepared to help women than anyone? The question I pose is “Do we ? I was playing golf a few days ago and I find it funny that women can be
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(Springfield, MO) — In the 1950?s, statistics show about one in every three women worked. Today more than three out of five women have jobs. But in some areas, there’s still room for improvement. A recent government report found the number of women in management positions has increased by only one percent over the last
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