From The New York Times authored by Margalit Fox: “Sheila Michaels, who half a century ago, wielding two consonants and a period, changed the way modern women are addressed, died on June 22 in Manhattan. Ms. Michaels, who introduced the honorific “Ms.” into common parlance, was 78. The cause was acute leukemia, said Howard Nathanson, a […]
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Men Join Corporate Boards With Less Experience Than Women
From Bloomberg.com authored by Laura Colby: “More than three out of four new male company directors are rookies, appointed without any prior corporate board experience, according to a new study of the world’s biggest publicly traded companies. First-time female board members are less common. When a woman fills a board seat, there’s a 32 percent […]
After 45 years, Title IX still needed
From Philly.com authored by Linda A. Klein: “For decades in America, women who attained a college degree could find work only as a teacher or nurse. A law degree and a career in the legal profession were considered unattainable. But then, 45 years ago last month, Congress passed the Education Amendments Act. The most notable […]
Standard Bank grows its support for entrepreneurial women
From BIZCommunity issued by Topco Media: ” A new three-year partnership has been inked between Africa’s biggest bank and South Africa’s platform for women in leadership, Top Women. The move will see Standard Bank and Top Media – the company owning Top Women – co-hosting the 14th national Standard Bank Top Women Awards in August, rolling out […]
Five takeaways from Condoleezza Rice at the KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit
From ESPN W. authored by Sarah Spain: “OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — A few hundred men and women gathered at the Olympia Fields Country Club on Wednesday morning to hear former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speak at the KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit ahead of this week’s golf major, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. In an interview […]
Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary
From The Write Life authored by Kelly Gurnett: “‘Who gives a $#%& about an Oxford comma?’ So goes one of my favorite lyrics by Vampire Weekend, and the answer to date has largely been: grammar nerds, Strunk & White and those who follow the infamous Chicago vs. AP style debate. Now, we can add dairy driver to […]
Bias, She Wrote The Gender Balance of The New York Times Best Seller list
From The Pudding authored by Rosie Cima: “Last week, after an Uber board member’s wisecrack and the interruption of Senator Kamala Harris during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, The New York Times asked women to share their own experiences. More than 1,000 responded, offering up vivid anecdotes of times they had been interrupted, penalized for speaking […]
Meet the First Lady of Texas Cannabis Law
From Houstonia authored by Sarah Rufca Nielsen (killer image by: Robert G. Gomez): “SOME DAYS ARE LONGER AND MORE TRYING THAN OTHERS for attorney Lisa L. Pittman. One of those was May 2, when the Texas House of Representatives held its first hearing on HB 2107, which would, she says, improve and expand the state’s fledging medical marijuana […]
Attorney Gloria Allred Will Take On Bill Cosby in California Civil Case
From Vulture authored by Natalie Hope McDonald: “‘You don’t know what a jury is going to do,’ said Gloria Allred, a civil-rights attorney representing 33 women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. Allred, who’s perhaps best known for taking on high-profile cases involving women, has been watching Cosby’s sexual-assault trial closely from the benches of […]
Venus Ramey, War Bond-Selling, Gun-Toting Miss America Of 1944, Dead At 92
From The Huffington Post: “Venus Ramey, who used her victory as Miss America in 1944 to sell war bonds and make appearances on the vaudeville stage, has died at the age of 92, a funeral home in her native Kentucky said on Sunday. Ramey, at age 82 in 2007, thwarted an attempt to steal equipment […]
