Very few people could ever fill her red and white leather high-heeled boots, and Lynda Carter herself has achieved far more than her fictional character of Wonder Woman ever could. Even with the starred crown.
As the recipient of Take The Lead’s Leading Woman Award at the 2024 Power Up Concert & Conference on Women’s Equality Day in Washington, D.C., Carter eloquently demonstrates she is the role model for leadership that many generations of women and girls have always needed.
Read MoreGloria joins podcast host Cindy Glanzrock to discuss her background and journey as a women’s leadership expert, including her role as the former president and CEO Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Read MoreIssue 252 — February 11, 2024
Last weekend, I went to see the movie I think should win Academy Awards in every category: Ava DuVernay’s rendition of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
After writing last week about the discovery of the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil Lucy in Hadar, Ethiopia 50 years ago by paleoanthropologist and founder of the Institute of Human Origins Donald Johanson, I wanted to explore further the question of why we humans are the way we are.
Read MoreThe last movie I saw in a theater was pre-empted by 35 minutes of previews of summer movies. All but one of them were action films that were violent, male-dominated and not at all my cup of tea, or bucket of popcorn.
Read MoreAli Stroker was the first actor to use a wheelchair who won as featured actress in a musical at the recent Tony Awards, and she also won hearts and minds for her acceptance speech, not just her performance in “Oklahoma!”
Read MoreTrue, I’m writing this at the end of Mother’s Day after long talks with my children and lots of social media posts lauding moms and those who have “mothered” in non-biological ways.
Read MoreThe power of women leaders across generations and alliances was on prominent display.
Read MoreRegardless of your personal assumptions about ability and competence, you certainly can’t discriminate against someone who is older. Problem is, so many people in the workplace do.
Read MoreEvery player on the winningest United States women’s soccer team in history was a part of a gender discrimination lawsuitagainst the U.S. Soccer Federation recently, with the explicit goal to close the gender pay gap that unfairly compensates women in the sport.
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day is 108 years old this year, with a rich history of participation across the globe, including activities, events and keynotes in the U.S. celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of all women. With much more to come.
Read More...“D+” for gender and racial diversity, combined, and a sixth consecutive “F” for lack of gender equity, according to the “Racial and Gender Report Card,” commissioned by the Associated Press...
Read MoreAuthor, psychologist, entrepreneur, broadcaster and founder of the non-profit, Women Connect4Good, Inc., Nancy D. O’Reilly knows we not only get by with a little help from our friends, but we thrive with the help of women all around us.
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