Only woman in the room
Sitting at a long boardroom table at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, Rhode Island, flanked by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, Dr. Kathleen Hicks—the first female deputy …
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Thanks to Our Mentors
The poet Maya Angelou mentored Oprah. At her Chicago law firm, Michelle Robinson mentored the young Barack Obama, who later married her. In Hollywood, Audrey Hepburn mentored Elizabeth Taylor. I …
Women Need to Show Up at the Polls
Presidential elections held every four years are exciting. The campaigns are undoubtedly too long and too expensive, but they provide feverish debates and clever ads to watch, patriotic yard signs …
Taking a Look at Women’s Parity
Women are 51 percent of the population, yet we are still less than one-quarter of our country’s leaders. Ms. Magazine has done a compilation of fascinating articles that details the …
What Does a Leader Look Like?
Organizational psychologists will point to well-known workshop exercises where executives are asked to draw a picture of an effective leader. In terms of gender, the results are nearly always the …
And the Numbers Are…
After a four-month delay caused by the pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau last week released detailed 2020 population data for all 50 states and certain U.S. territories. These numbers are …
Action Needed Immediately: Census Counting to End Early
It was abruptly announced this week that the Census Bureau will cut short critical door-knocking efforts for the 2020 census in September, not October as previously announced. “It’s going to …
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As I Was Saying…
As the Covid-19 pandemic rages, many of us have learned to work virtually, engaging in teleconferencing and staying glued to our digital devices. The U.S. Supreme Court has done likewise. …
Are women better leaders?
There’s been a lot of talk in recent months about leadership during a pandemic – or crisis of any kind. Articles and their authors suggest that women’s leadership styles are …
What the 2020 Census means for the country, South Carolina and women
A 2018 survey showed that fewer women than men intended to participate in the 2020 Census. Their reasons varied from lack of time to fear of getting someone in trouble …
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