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10/19/09

This week we celebrate National Women's Business Week and celebrate we should. Why? Women-owned businesses: Number 10.1 million Represent 30 percent of all U.S. businesses (and 40 percent of privately-held firms) Employ 23 million people (16 percent of the workforce) Generate 3 trillion in revenue...

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Nanette Fondas

10/19/09

My 10-year-old daughter, Anna, wants to start a business selling small pompoms glued together to look like cute, warm fuzzy creatures that she makes on our dining room table. Why start your own business, I asked her? "Because I wanted to earn some money of my own." Turns out Anna's not alone. Even...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

10/19/09

I love Maureen Dowd because she is the only New York Times op-ed writer who understands class. Gender...not so much. Case in point is " Blue is the New Black ," in which she tackles the issue of why American women have gotten gloomier since 1972, with a trend line that's truly depressed. Men are...

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Joan C. Williams

10/16/09

Kids are experts at getting the attention of their parents. They tug at us, they snuggle up, they deftly bargain, and let's face it--that whining can be pretty effective. But as a political lobby, kids are easily overlooked. Right now, the headlines about health reform center on adults while...

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Donna Norton

10/15/09

Last week, President Obama spoke about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the regulation reforms that are being put into place. We've all heard and /or lived the horror stories - insane credit card rates, not-so-ethical mortgage brokers, out-of-hand over draft fees and worse. As moms, we...

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Cooper Munroe

Childcare & Early Education

10/15/09

Well, here we go again. Virginia seems to be stuck rehashing the culture wars of the 1980's in their Governor's race, but with a new twist. Instead of one side demonizing working women, both sides are loving us up (although one could argue at times it's still a bit patronizing). Seems that...

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Ariana Kelly

Open Flexible Work

10/15/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog This week on the Hill, members of the Work, Family and Health Network presented their findings at a congressional briefing about the intersection of workplace policy and workers' health and well-being. When employees face conflict between work and family...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

10/14/09

For as long as I can remember I have wanted a house full of children. Though I don't have children now, when I first learned about the lack of laws banning the building of schools inside of, on top of, and near sources of pollution, I thought of them and what attending school on top of a landfill...

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Renee Blanchard

10/14/09

Quick Pop Quiz for you: Is the following statement True or False? "With equal job experiences and resumes mothers are hired 79% less of the time than non-mothers." Wait a minute.... Think about the answer for a moment... Could it possibly be true? Mothers a whole 79% less likely to be hired???...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

10/14/09

How can Letterman's news make the world better for working moms? Let's take this chance to have some straight talk about how bad rules -- or no rules -- at work drive a lot of women away from good jobs. Let's talk openly about our personal experience so working moms can stay, succeed and join forces with good guys (like Fred in the below) to reset workplace culture.

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