I recently went through a bag of handouts and notes from the Women In Communications national conference in Tulsa. So it was six months ago — so what? At least I went through them and found some gems to share with you. June Werdlow Rogers, a retired DEA special agent in charge, spoke from her […]
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At the Women In Communications Conference in Tulsa, October 2011, keynote speaker Renee Moorefield described ways in which we can create healthier organizations. Moorefield is CEO of Wisdom Works and co-author of Driven by Wellth: The 7 Essentials for Healthy, Sustainable Results in 21st Century Business & Leadership . Her entire keynote was interesting, but
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If “impenetrable mess” is what you think of when you hear the word “technology”, listen up! At a time when women are struggling to make 77 cents to every dollar men make, there are jobs where women are paid more fairly. They are called STEM and they encompass a wide variety of fields that apply
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How to Make the Pay Gap Go Away Are you mad yet? Perhaps you are not willing to wait until 2076 for equal pay to creep into women’s lives? That’s actually how long it will take at the pace of the last 30 years. It doesn’t have to be that way. Women can take control
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When you look into the mirror, what do you see? Best-selling author, Bridget Cook saw love. Like many of us Bridget struggled to please others, overachieving without regard to the gifts she had to offer the world. On the brink of life or death, Bridget experienced the miracle of self-love and understood how discovering her
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Relationship violence continues to pose a huge problem for young people, who are just figuring out how to conduct relationships. Unfortunately, too many of those relationships take a bad turn. Do you know someone who has experienced sexual assault, rape, or stalking? Here are some startling truths: Young people ages 12 to 19 experience the
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This Women’s History Month, let’s all make a point of remembering our fore-mothers. We can draw inspiration from them to spur us forward to continue their hard work. Many girls and women believe we have it made, that we can do it all. In my experience there is always a price, but usually a price
One hundred years ago it was illegal – and OBSCENE — to teach women about contraception. Today as the debate about women’s healthcare coverage rages, it’s good to look back at how things once were, and to contemplate the possibility of a return to those bad old days. A woman named Margaret Sanger fought for
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Those crazy feminists, says Joslyn Gray posting on Strollerderby. Look what they did for us! 1. The right to own property. In 1948 New york was the first state to allow a married woman to control property. 2. The right to hold public office. Federal law granted this right to women in 1788, 132 years
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When I was a teenager, the James Bond films were all the rage. I was talking about the films with a family friend who happened to be a psychiatrist. As we talked I saw that he assumed that I was identifying with the sexy females that Bond seduced. “Oh, no!” I exclaimed in horror. “I
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