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Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote

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This August we celebrated 100 years of women’s right to vote.  On August 18, 1920, after 72 years of a sustained, strategic, and sometimes shocking battle, women's suffrage was won.  You know some of their names:  Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, Sojourner  [Read more...]

A Woman’s Walk Down Wall Street

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Celebrating How Far Women Have Come in the World of Money March is Woman’s History Month.  This year, I wanted to recognize the women who paved the path for me and so many other women to work in financial services.  So, I wrote an article  [Read more...]

Boomer Women and Their Money: A Complicated Past

Here's quite an interesting story that sums up the current state of women and money. It's definitely complicated. Three women who are clearly friends sat behind me on a flight to Tampa recently. I was minding my own business, reading Sarah Smarsh's book, Heartland. It's  [Read more...]