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Following us on Twitter & Instagram?
By LWG Editor We are excited to announce that the League reached over 1,000 followers this month on TWITTER! Additionally, earlier this month we launched our new Instagram page to post our Quote of the [...]
Cities Aren’t Designed For Women. Here’s Why They Should Be.
Making cities less dangerous and more livable for women actually makes them better for everyone. By Kate Abbey-Lambertz, Reprinted from Huffpost Women At first glance, a gathering of 60 or so women in Detroit earlier [...]
Women, Rudeness & Dropping the *F* Bomb…
The incredible double standard of rudeness By Jeff Guo, Reprinted from The Washington Post There's a delicious scene in the first episode of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Tina Fey’s comedy about a woman rescued from an [...]
Today’s TED Talk: So, we leaned in…now what?
Sheryl Sandberg admits she was terrified to step onto the TED stage in 2010 — because she was going to talk, for the first time, about the lonely experience of being a woman in the [...]
Guest Blogger Marianne Cooper on Women Leaders and “Likability”
By Marianne Cooper, Ph.D., Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University In their blog post, “New Research Shows Success Doesn’t Make Women Less Likable,” Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman conclude from their analysis of assessments [...]
Why the Gender Wage Gap Might Ruin the Future U.S. Economy
Women earning less over the course of their careers could spell poverty in retirement—and affect the entire U.S. economy. By Lydia Dishman, Reposted from Fast Company Just ahead of Equal Pay Day (April 12) Carolyn [...]