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Meet The History-Making Firefighters Of First All-Women Staffed Engine Company In NYC

Guest ContributorSeptember 28, 2018

By United Women Firefighters - On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, an all-women staffed FDNY engine company served the City of New York for the first time in the ...

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‘Black Women in Medicine’ Documentary Chronicles The Unsung Journeys Of Black Female Doctors

wyskSeptember 25, 2018

The feature documentary film to chronicle the lives of women who challenge stereotypes, race, gender, class, and culture to achieve their dream of becoming physicians. ...

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Women Killing It: Meet Business Leader Anna Maria Chávez, An Advocate For Women At Every Stage Of Life

Sally HubbardSeptember 19, 2018

"My grandmother taught me something which didn’t really resonate until I was much older… 'Anna Maria, you have only a few seats in the front row of your life. W...

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Women Killing It: Alli Young, CEO On A Mission To Help Women Get Further, Faster In Their Careers

Sally HubbardSeptember 5, 2018

"I want women to run the world. I’m excited for our future because I think there’s so much good that we could do." - Alli Young In this episode of the Women ...

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Sarah Sheehan On Why The Workplace “Conversation Gap” Is Even Wider For Women… And What You Can Do About It

Guest ContributorAugust 25, 2018

By Sarah Sheehan - As a woman who has spent the last 20 years climbing the corporate ladder, I’ve learned that there are many keys to professional success. One ...

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Women Killing It: From Steady Job To Startup Founder… Parinaz Vahabzadeh On Taking Risks

Sally HubbardAugust 14, 2018

"If there’s anything we as a generation can do for the next generation is actually inspire them to take that risk at a younger age." - Parinaz Vahabzadeh In ...

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8 Things You Should Know About Elizabeth Holtzman, Pioneering Politician And Serial Glass Ceiling Smasher

wyskAugust 11, 2018

"Politics helps determine the kind of society we’d like to live in. When women aren’t an equal participant in that conversation, it has real-world consequences."...

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 25 Years As A Justice And Still As Supreme As Ever

wyskAugust 10, 2018

"Ruth Bader Ginsburg entered a legal world where the best jobs were off-limits to women and emerged as a Supreme Court Justice."...

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93QUEEN… New Doc Follows Hasidic Women Creating NYC’s First All-Female Volunteer Ambulance Corps

wyskJuly 23, 2018

Set in the Hasidic community of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93QUEEN follows Rachel "Ruchie" Freier, "a no-nonsense Hasidic lawyer and mother of six who is determine...

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