Here's some inspiration for the month!
Quote of the Month
"You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are."
~ Melissa Etheridge
~ Melissa Etheridge
What Happened When A Man Signed Work Emails Using A Female Name For 2 Weeks?
Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks), a writer and editor who lives in Philadelphia, PA, wrote that a client was being "rude" and "dismissive" to him over email.
When he noticed his email signature was accidentally set to coworker Nicole Hallberg's (@NickyKnacks) name, the two decided to do an experiment. They switched signatures for two weeks and came to a shocking-for-him, not-so-shocking for her revelation.
Hallberg's workweeks were far easier than normal, while Schneider's were abysmal.
Read the full Huffington Post article here.
Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks), a writer and editor who lives in Philadelphia, PA, wrote that a client was being "rude" and "dismissive" to him over email.
When he noticed his email signature was accidentally set to coworker Nicole Hallberg's (@NickyKnacks) name, the two decided to do an experiment. They switched signatures for two weeks and came to a shocking-for-him, not-so-shocking for her revelation.
Hallberg's workweeks were far easier than normal, while Schneider's were abysmal.
Read the full Huffington Post article here.
"The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can
create a better world." ~ Ashley Rickards
create a better world." ~ Ashley Rickards
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Arianna Huffington: Women Are Revolutionizing the Way We Work
Eli Whitney. Ransom Olds. Henry Ford. They have a couple things in common: Each is known for revolutionizing the American workplace. And each is a man. Because men have dominated the workforce for the majority of the twentieth century, they have (unfairly) dictated the way that people work, argues Arianna Huffington. Read the full Fortune article here. |
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"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends." ~ J. K. Rowling
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There Are Museums for Spies and Bigfoot. Now There Will Be One for Women, Too.
In America, there are museums devoted to spies, to roller skating and to Bigfoot, and yet stories of half the population are told mostly around the margins of narratives focused on something else. While there are museums devoted to specific themes in women's history, like the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington and the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y., the New-York Historical Society says it will fill a crucial void by examining women's history writ large. Read the full NY Times article here. |
Rendering of screening of the film "New York Women in a New Light." Credit Donna Lawrence Productions
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"And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk more." ~ Erica Jong
