Victory Tips
Shooting in Tucson: Speaking the Truth
After Saturday’s horrific shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and murder of six of her constituents in Tucson Arizona, it didn’t take long for people to start politicizing the terrible event. By Monday morning all the shows talked about […]
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Victorious Woman Year In Review
2010 was quite a year, wasn’t it? Looking back, here are my “worth remembering” picks: Personal Favorites: Women in Politics, Susan Boyle, 2010 Victorious Woman Honorees Disappointments: Enlightened Feminism, Nadya Suleman Favorite TV Show: The Good Wife Despicable […]
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Merry Christmas!
“If Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.” Charlotte Carpenter May this Christmas Day fill your heart to overflowing! Find Inspiration for your Next Chapter:
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Still Too Few Women Executives
Catalyst just published a new survey about women in executive positions. It includes 497 of the Fortune 500 companies. Among the companies, 14.4% of the executive officers were women – based on the SEC proxy designation of “executive […]
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Elizabeth Edwards' Victory
When I got Elizabeth Edwards’ 2009 book, Resilience, I couldn’t wait to read it. I wanted to understand how she made it through so many difficult moments, both personally and professionally. I really wanted to savor her words, […]
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Being Thankful on Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving! I’m thinking about what I’m grateful for: good health, prosperity, the love of my spouse, the best friends a woman could have…and I could go on and on. Research shows that being grateful increases your health, […]
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Cheers for an Early Feminist
Feminism was really discouraged in my Family I was young when the feminist movement started, and didn’t really understand it at the beginning. And between being raised Catholic in and Italian family, feminism was really discouraged. So when […]
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Tomorrow is Election Day – VOTE
November 2 is Election Day. Do you know who you’re voting for…are you even planning to vote? If you are a US citizen and answered no to either or both questions – shame on you. Voting is a […]
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It's Halloween…What Do You Want to Be?
We all know Halloween as the day kids get dressed up to look like their dream person. Do they want to be a princess, pirate, clown, queen, vampire, Cleopatra, Lady Gaga? It’s fun for them to think about […]
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
In Victorious Woman! I wrote chapters about Lilly and Nancy, both victims of domestic violence. They are from two different generations. Nancy’s spouse beat her and threatened to kill her through the 1950’s and early 1960’s. She knew […]
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC): “Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Breast cancer is the number one cause of […]
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Memory Walk
Yesterday I walked with business owner and entrepreneur Kay Gallogly at the annual Memory Walk on the Riverfront in Delaware. You might have read about Kay in a previous blog; earlier this year she made a run for […]
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