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Read more: A seat at the tableWomen now make up a quarter of the state legislators in the United States. Today, 1,865 or 25.3 percent of the 7,383 state legislators are…
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Read more: A great adventureMy niece Emma leaves on April 9th for two years in Africa with the Peace Corps. I can’t wait to hear about all of the…
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Read more: They happened to thingsLast week, I saw high-quality reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of Mona Lisa and models of Leonardo’s flying machine and self-propelled car at an…
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Read more: Wanting to belongJhumpa Lahiri writes about what it means to be on the outside looking in. “It’s that desperation to want to belong—to not be all these…
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Read more: Talk less. Listen more.Todd Davis reminds us of the importance of listening in his book Get Better—15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work. “One of the…
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Read more: Be humbleTodd Davis stresses the importance of being humble in his book Get Better—15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work. “Humility is the wisdom…
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Read more: Carry your own weatherI’m ready for summer. It has been rainy, cloudy, cool for days. Sometimes I let the weather affect my mood. And, sometimes, I let stormy…
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Read more: The system of patriarchyAfter 3,000 B.C.E., men engaged in warfare on a grand scale, says Walter Wink in his book The Powers That Be. “Social systems became rigidly…
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Read more: Ignorance persistsSince the early 1970s, Judy Norsigian has worked as an author and editor of nine editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves to help educate women about…
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Read more: Violence against womenWomen still face a number of challenges today, emphasized Judy Norsigian, an author and editor of all nine editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves, in a…