by Marie Wilson, President & Founder, The White House Project In 1984, I was working in Iowa as a civic activist and building Drake University’s division of women’s programming. I was no stranger to leadership. Yet I was surprised when a friend, who was then the only woman serving on the Des Moines City Council, […]

by Susan Posner Someone once said that there’s a difference between knowing something intellectually and really knowing it with your whole being. For years, people tried — kindly, and not so kindly — to tell me what they thought I needed to hear: – that at 5’3 and 210 pounds, I “might want to consider […]

I was born an uncommon person with a common last name. If you’re thinking, Smith? You’re in the ballpark. When my mom married my French step-dad, he came with a coolio French name, which garnished many suck up comments like, “Oh French! I ate a croissant once.” I know. Mind, this was before “Freedom Fries”. […]

by lccarson Did you ever have one of those really busy decades? You know, the ones where an old friend says, “So when did you start teaching at the university?” and even the synopsis takes five minutes and it turns out your husband isn’t in it? Oops. Just me then? The coming-apart part was mostly […]

by Kim Kuhteubl I was a vintage store hunting, Goodwill shopping teenager before it was hot (and necessary) to be green and since I don’t have a sister’s closet to raid, I’ve found another solution for my wardrobe deficits and budget constraints, friends. I’ve inherited some of my best outfits from friends who have lost […]

by Deborah Collins Stephens, Michealene Cristini Risley, Jackie Speier and Jan Yanehiro You can do one of two things: just shut up, which is something I don’t find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast and stand up for yourself! – Jane Fonda, Actress (1937 – ) Peggy Klaus, a workplace communication expert who […]

by Susan Van Allen Lucille Ball lifting up her skirt, jumping into a barrel, and stomping grapes with the peasants might be the first image that comes to mind when you think of Italian women and winemaking. As entertaining as that is, cut to the new millenium’s more sophisticated and inspiring phenomenon: Italian women have […]

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