Author and activist Rebecca Sive has been around a political campaign or two. The daughter of a New York lawyer who ran for Congress in 1958, Sive says her parents taught her that “politics is the highest form of contributing to the public good.”
Read MoreTackling, narrowing and ultimately closing the gender pay gap has been a major focus at the United Nations Commission on The Status of Women 61st annual meeting in New York continuing through this week.
Read More“You like me, you really, really like me,” Sally Fields oozed with euphoria in her 1984 Oscars acceptance speech for best actress for her role in “Places in the Heart.”
Read MoreIt was yet another encounter of sexual harassment that gave Michelle Dewoskin the motivation to start her own company and helped her launch a new career.
Read MoreAs I headed out at 4:30 a.m. with my 13-year-old daughter, Zoe, recently for the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., I could not help but think about my grandmother, Sarah Dubow Sorenson.
Read MoreIs she a victim or an inspiration? Many say the 277-old character of Belle is a throwback from a sexist fairytale and that her life as an animated Disney princess was shallow. Others say she may have modernized as a powerful heroine in the latest iteration, played by a real life feminist.
Read MoreFive-year-old kindergartner Lola dressed up as a different historic black woman leader each day recently to honor Black History Month. And one of her most beloved characterizations may well have been when she posed for the photo dressed as Harriet Tubman.
Read MoreSometimes it has to rain torrentially before you decide you need an umbrella.
For thousands of women leaders in this country, the recent election is the rainstorm that has prompted a decision and become the tipping point to take action and run for office on all levels of involvement and government.
Read MoreThis could be a picture of life literally imitating art. Or is it art imitating life? In honor of International Women’s Day March 8, Artfinder has launched a campaignto raise awareness of gender inequality in the art world. And there is quite a gap. You may be able to name a handful of women artists over the centuries
Read MoreAn editor at a newspaper where I worked more than three decades ago asked me if I had sex over the weekend as I stood waiting at the newsroom copier.
Read MoreFor me, joining the Take The Lead team as the Leadership Ambassador Program Director is a little like coming home. I first met Gloria Feldt in the mid-90’s when I worked as the marketing communications director at Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties in Southern California and she was the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Though Gloria wouldn’t recall meeting me, I’ve held on to her messages from that time for more than 20 years.
Read MoreIf Viola Davis has it, then we’re all doomed. Or maybe, we’re all in good company and can figure out a way to overcome it.
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