Leave Miss Utah Alone 18June
On Sunday evening, an unexpected topic came up during the Miss USA beauty pageant: equal pay. Here’s what happened. During the interview portion of the annual pageant, Miss Utah Marissa… Read more »
Pitch and Tone of Voice Make All the Difference for Women 17June
Once again, this year’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders brought hundreds of young women together to meet new friends, network, and find their voices. The conference included many… Read more »
Why Leaders Should Embrace the “Athena Doctrine” 14June
How often do you hear about the glass ceiling, the wage gap, and the setbacks that women have dealt with and continue to confront? It is so frequent that it… Read more »
Meet Your New Board! 11June
AAUW President Patricia Fae Ho AAUW Vice President Julia T. Brown AAUW Directors Amy Blackwell Kathryn Braeman Sandra Camillo Malinda Gaul Charmen Goehring Sally Anne Goodson Eileen S. Hartmann Rosalynd… Read more »
Salary Negotiation Could Have Made a Difference 10June
Anastasia Engebretson accepted the salary offered to her in her first job out of college. She didn’t know she had the option to negotiate. She found when she arrived for… Read more »
“Strength of Character” Needed to Survive Pay Discrimination Lawsuit 05June
Author’s note: The following blog post tells a story of gender pay inequity — a situation we hear about too often at AAUW. I have presented the story as told… Read more »
Equal Pay Act Renovation 04June
One month before the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, I celebrated my eighth birthday. Sailing along, enjoying life as a second-grader, I had no clue that 1963 was… Read more »
Head-of-Household Pay Denied to Woman Teacher 30May
Sara Anderson’s career began with a lesson on pay inequity: As a woman, she didn’t qualify for head-of-household pay. Anderson was hired as a teacher after she graduated from college… Read more »
What “Community” Has to Say about Community College 29May
Earlier this month, I settled in to watch the fourth-season finale of the NBC sitcom Community. At the episode’s airing the threat of cancellation was looming, and I wondered if… Read more »
It’s Not Rocket Science: 4 Ways Community Colleges Can Help Women in STEM 23May
Twenty years after Barbie lamented that “math class is tough!” the discussion around girls’ aptitude in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and women’s place in the STEM workforce continues…. Read more »