Celebrate Service
Posted on Saturday, June 26th, 2010
I grew up in southern California, and have often been asked what I’m doing in Iowa. But I’m proud to live in a state with such a strong history of civil rights, fairness and equality. [...]
continue readingFind Amelia
Posted on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
March 2010–Women’s History Month–flew by as is its habit. Again I am aware of my ignorance about the women who have shaped our country and our world. And again I find I know only a [...]
continue readingWork for Equal Pay
Posted on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law–The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. It extends the rights of women and other minority groups, to sue for equal pay for [...]
continue readingStart Your Business
Posted on Saturday, January 16th, 2010
I think I’ve been a frustrated entrepreneur my whole life, so developing Next Step, Inc. has been an exciting adventure. When I was in high school, a lot of people thought that girls could only [...]
continue readingExcel at Math and Science
Posted on Saturday, January 9th, 2010
People used to believe that girls weren’t good at science and math; my high school physics teacher thought it was just luck when I got the high score on our weekly quiz. Until I aced [...]
continue readingTake Charge!
Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The subject of feminism continues to trouble people a lot smarter than me. I did, however, live at a critical time of “Women’s Lib” as my mom called it. She sent me off to a [...]
continue readingEngineer Your World
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
When I was growing up and even up until I went on college visits with my nephew Wil, I had no idea how much engineering is a part of all aspects of life–travel, energy, safe [...]
continue readingShuffle Power
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Sexual harassment has touched many women and men; I have dealt with it personally only a year ago. We can only hope that instances of such insensitive, bullying behavior will decrease as our society evolves [...]
continue readingGive Feedback
Posted on Sunday, September 20th, 2009
The Chrysalis Foundation works very hard to collect accurate information about its work with girls in after-school groups. On this post you’ll find the Evaluation Tools for the Chrysalis After-School Programs for 2009-2010. I will [...]
continue readingRun Like a Kenyan
Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
This program caught my ear tonight; how hard would it be to make a living running marathons? Salina Kosgei has done so since she was 16 years old, and won the 2009 Boston Marathon by [...]
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