She’s Been Here Before

She’s Been Here Before

Photo source: Library of Congress Another powerful moment of the Engage conference came from a history professor who spoke. As the professor spoke, behind her on the screen was a portrait of Mercy Otis Warren, a woman most of us were not taught about in school. Warren...
The Garden and the Fourth

The Garden and the Fourth

Today, in anticipation of the 4th when we will have company in our yard, I walked out to my back garden to assess. I took stock of what’s blooming and what needs a little spruce up. After 30 years of tending this plot, I find the earth underneath my feet...
Jobs Don’t Have Genders: Opening Opportunities to Everyone

Jobs Don’t Have Genders

At the Engage Conference I wrote about last week, the panelists — Dr. Lynn Shaw, founder of WINTER (Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles), Iliana Flores from the Teamsters, Ariane Hegewisch of IWPR, and Lark Jackson of Chicago Women in Trades had me riveted. The...
The Cost of Waiting

The Cost of Waiting

I play cards with a group of women. There’s a little food, a little wine, and a lot of laughter that gets louder as the evening goes on. When the group first started, the hostess shouted to her husband in the kitchen, with silliness in her voice, “The...
Karen Snyder
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