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: Breaking barriers
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 […]
For the first time, a state’s National Guard command staff is made up of all women
From The Washington Post authored by Samantha Schmidt: “It wasn’t until the Cold War, in the mid-1950s, that women were allowed to join the National Guard — as medical officers. It would take four more decades for a woman to rise to the level of a state adjutant general, the top commander of a state’s […]
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 […]
Berlin mass transit will give women a discount to highlight the gender pay gap
From Women in the World authored by WIWT Staff: “Berlin’s public transportation authority BVG will charge women 21 percent less for tickets to ride the city’s metro, buses, and trams on March 18 to help draw attention to the country’s gender pay gap. The discounted tickets will be available only on Germany’s Equal Pay Day, […]
Treated Like a ‘Piece of Meat’: Female Veterans Endure Harassment at the V.A.
From The New York Times authored by Jennifer Steinhauer: “Corey Foster spent her Army career caring for wounded troops, both as a flight medic in the Iraq war and at Walter Reed hospital, so she looked forward to one of the most celebrated benefits of military service — health care for life from the Department […]
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 […]
It’s 2019. Women Are Still Less Likely To Be Identified By Their Accomplishments.
From The Huffington Post authored by Monica Torres: “Are you described as a manager, by that project you nailed, or as someone’s relation? How you are described can determine how you will be remembered. For many women, descriptions boil down to who they are with more than what they actually know or do. Take Lauren Sanchez […]
