From Attorney at Work authored by Kristin Tyler: “I’m in my 30s and I’m a single, childless associate who has no idea if I will be on partnership track. I have considered dropping out of the law entirely as I’m not sure if I can physically do this anymore. How can I communicate my needs […]
Category Archives: Activist
Lady Hale: at least half of UK judiciary should be female
From The Guardian authored by Diane Taylor: “At least half of the judiciary should be women, Britain’s most senior judge has said. Speaking at an event in the supreme court to mark the centenary of women’s entry into the legal profession, Brenda Hale, president of the supreme court and the first woman to take on that […]
Girls were forced to wear skirts at school to ‘preserve chivalry.’ So they sued — and won.
From The Washington Post authored by Kayla Epstein: “Every so often, Charter Day School in North Carolina would hold fire or tornado drills in which students had to kneel and protect their heads from flying debris or crawl on the ground to avoid imaginary smoke. But girls had a much more immediate threat to fear: […]
Womansplaining the Pay Gap
From The New York Times authored by Maya Salam: “If I had a nickel for every time someone told me, “The gender pay gap is a myth,” I may have made back the income I’ve lost over the years for being a woman. It’s not a myth. And yet the nuance required to explain what […]
LESSONS IN HERSTORY BY GOODBY SILVERSTEIN & PARTNERS
From The Drum authored by Goodby Silverstein & Partners: “In classrooms across the country, students are opening their US history textbooks to see pages of role models and important historical figures, but there are many figures that have been overlooked for years: women. According to research, 89% of textbook references aredevoted to men. This March, in […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had a Very Different Path to Power than Brett M. Kavanaugh
From Medium authored by Petula Dvorak: “The senator stared down at the Supreme Court nominee, declaring “I think we need to judge you as a total person.” Are we talking brewskis, boofing and Beach Week here? Come on, senator! They were just teens. Oops, wait. This was Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., as he pressed Ruth […]
From Triumph To Tragedy, ‘First’ Tells Story Of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
From NPR authored by Nina Totenberg: “Late last year, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor issued a statement announcing that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It was a poignant moment, a reminder that for decades O’Connor was seen as the most powerful woman in America. Now comes an important book about her — First, Sandra […]
Power Of The Pack: Women Who Support Women Are More Successful
From Forbes authored by Shelley Zalis: I always say a woman alone has power; collectively we have impact. Traditionally we have been taught to be competitive with one another, because there was such a scarcity of jobs at the top. It’s so clear that strategy doesn’t work. The truth is that raising each other up […]
Only six countries have equal rights for men and women, World Bank finds
From CNN authored by Rob Picheta and Kieron Mirchandani: “The world is moving towards legal gender equality — but it’s moving very, very slowly. Only six countries currently give women and men equal rights, a major report from the World Bank has found. That’s an increase — from zero — compared to a decade ago, […]
U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Pays Tribute To Inspirational Women With Special Jerseys
From The Huffington Post authored by Sanjana Karanth: “The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) gave a shoutout to women’s empowerment this weekend by wearing jerseys with the names of women who inspire them, from famous musicians to Nobel Prize winners. Players on the team sported the special jerseys at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium during their […]
