What do women’s basketball, STEM careers, and corporate leadership have in common? In all these areas, women are significantly underrepresented. And the trend starts young. Even if girls start out with talent and enthusiasm for sports, math and science, and leadership roles, many leave STEM career paths—which tend to be male-dominated—as they grow older. How…
In space, no one can hear you laugh. Yet naturalness, warmth, and collaboration—over power and control—can be exactly the way to lead a high-stakes team to success. This and other leadership lessons were shared with nearly 1,500 women at the 36th Annual Women in the Forefront luncheon, hosted by The Chicago Network. The annual event…
Rachel Feldman knew she had to make a movie about Lilly Ledbetter the moment she saw her speak at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. “Here was this Alabama grandma in front of millions of Americans, talking about fair pay and gender equity with such grace and courage,” says Feldman, who was watching the coverage with her…
When it comes to medical care for U.S. women, it’s healthier to be a man. That’s because, historically, the “standard” patient in medical research has been a 170-pound white male. That standard has shaped medical care in ways that has often overlooked or disserved women, whose bodies can manifest illness or respond to medication very…
When we write the past, we define the future. It’s said that people don’t tell stories so much as our stories tell us. They describe who we are, who we’ve been, how we think, why that might matter, and therefore what we can expect from the world. The power of the narrative is the power…
More than 650 past and current women students at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management staked claim to a bigger vision of their influence and leadership at the Kellogg Global Women’s Summit, October 22-23, 2024. The theme of this year’s Summit — hosted in the Kellogg Global Hub on Northwestern’s Evanston campus — was “Own What…