The New Power Girls: Women Entrepreneurs And Gender In Business
Power Girls are women in a man -- and women's -- world. Gender does not define who we are, what we need to do, and most of all, what we want to accomplish. It never has.
Power Girls are women in a man -- and women's -- world. Gender does not define who we are, what we need to do, and most of all, what we want to accomplish. It never has.
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
The best strategies anticipate setbacks, develop options and prepare us to identify solutions. How openly and realistically we perceive problems profoundly influences our chances for success.
latimes.com | Maria De Cristofaro | Posted 10.24.2009 | World
Reporting from Naples, Italy - In most respects, it was a typical mob shootout: members of feuding clans facing down their rivals on the main street o...
Joan Williams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
Men have lost three-fourths of the jobs during the Great Recession, making women's wage work more important than ever. Our public policy hasn't caught up.
Rachael Chong | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business
A woman ahead of her time, Coco Chanel was a true entrepreneur, who brought women freedom through fashion.
Maya Baratz | Posted 09.22.2009 | Technology
When I first I attended the Webby Awards in 2001, I noticed a anthropological paradox: The line to the ladies' room was nonexistent, the men's, long.
Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media
On MSNBC today, CNBC commentator Donny Deutsch touched on two of the biggest Sarah Palin talking points -- why she continues to be a story in the news...
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
There is nothing wrong with a woman wanting to be respected and admired for both her intelligence and her beauty.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living
It's seems stylish and even respectable again in political and social circles to admit that you may consider motherhood as important as any career, thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
It's seems stylish and even respectable again in political and social circles to admit that you may consider motherhood as important as any career, thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama.
Heather Wood Rudúlph | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living
There's no doubt that women have to choose between family and a certain career tier. Adequate workplace policies just don't exist to give women the opportunity to do both. But taking issue with that fact isn't whining, it's advocating for progress.
Rod Shrader | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business
It turns out that even though women are more than holding their own in terms of staying employed, their gains are not reflected in leadership positions.
Diane Tucker | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
Noor Al-Fayez is the new deputy minister for women's education in Saudi Arabia, a country where women are still not allowed to drive a car.
Jonah Lalas | Posted 04.09.2009 | Home
Many thousands of Filipinos answered Roosevelt's call to join the U.S. forces fighting Japan in the Philippines, but had been denied the benefits they were promised until last month.
Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business
During a recession, gains for women earned through years of effort may be swept away in the undertow of layoffs, when flexibility and diversity efforts suddenly disappear.
Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
The Filipino veterans have received their due, but Asian workers have not. It is up Asian activists to continue to educate and politicize our youth.
Etan Bednarsh | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Both Palin and Kennedy were obviously unprepared for the offices each sought. Had a ceiling not stopped them, we would have more serious social issues to deal with.
Michelle Kraus | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics
By goodness, check out all those notable women: there's Hillary, there's Janet, there's Susan, and even room for Madeline and her brilliance.
Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 11.07.2008 | Style
Plenty of us have experienced that moment when the job of your dreams seems to drop into your lap--but just too early in your career, when you just have to say, thanks but no thanks.
Lara M. Gardner | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home
John McCain only chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate because she is a woman. A man with the same lack of qualifications would never have been considered.
Kathleen Reardon | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
I was sitting with my husband this morning and he suddenly wants to know what I've been doing with my life. Why am I not considering a bid for Secretary of State?
Ann J. Atkinson | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
I have a feeling that Our Girl wouldn't be happy in that world for long. There is too much left for her to do.
Carrie Tuhy | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
All I could think of when I watched this picture postcard-perfect moment from Hawaii was: Who packed the suitcases for the trip? Who did the laundry before they left? Who made sure they had sunscreen?
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business
Lots of people work in environments that seem integrated. But these are mostly in the white collar jobs of the professionals and the college educated; the blue-collar world is still a man's world.
Laura Liswood | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
The European Council is the highest political body in the EU. It is composed of 27 countries with a total population of 500+ million and 30% of the world's GDP... Believe it or not, there is a woman running for presidency.
Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business