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The Stay at Home CFO: Manisha Thakor’s Money Rules (Part III)

by Guest March 25, 2011

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This is a follow up by Jillian Lundberg, who is writing a series of posts for GoGirl Finance as she dives into the interactive finance course being offered by Manisha Thakor, “Money Rules: A Personal Financial Guide for Women.” Jill is a former teacher who is now a full-time stay-at-home mother to two boys, ages [...]

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Women in the Workforce

by Sandy Whiting March 9, 2011

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Before I became a mother, I was free to climb the corporate ladder with an enthusiasm and a potential that was relatively unfettered by outside obligations; my only duty was to my own satisfaction and happiness. Since then however, things have become quite a bit more complicated as I struggle to find the right balance [...]

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The Boys Are All Right. Let’s Focus On Why Young Women Rule, Not On Why Guys Drool

by Guest March 4, 2011

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This post is by Hillary Reinsberg. Hillary is a writer and senior at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the editor of the campus blog UnderTheButton.com. Her writing has appeared on Crushable.com, The Huffington Post, and New York Magazine’s Vulture. At middle school dances and bar mitzvah parties I attended back in seventh grade, [...]

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The Stay at Home CFO: Manisha Thakor’s Money Rules (Part I)

by Guest January 25, 2011

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This is a guest post by Jillian Lundberg. Jill will be writing a series of posts for GoGirl Finance as she dives into the interactive finance course being offered by Manisha Thakor, “Money Rules: A Personal Financial Guide for Women”.  Jill is a former teacher who is now a full-time stay-at-home mother to two boys, [...]

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Interview with Lois Robbins

by Brienne Walsh January 24, 2011

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Lois Robbins is an accomplished actress who has worked in TV, film and theater. She has been cast in the lead role in Abe Burrow’s Cactus Flower, a play that will begin on February 24th and open on March 10th at the Westside Theatre Upstairs. Lois is not only a star with an illustrious career, [...]

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Let’s Get a Little Divorced

by Caryn Effron December 21, 2010

Let's get a little divorced

A girlfriend who knows my husband and me intimately suggested that I should read the article “Honey, Let’s Get a Little Divorced” from the New York Times. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Why did she tell me to read it? I immediately identified with the husband and wife banter, which made me smile, [...]

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Sheconomy

by Sandy Whiting December 20, 2010

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This TIME article sums up basically everything that I’ve been reading about women and their increasing financial power.  For every two men who graduate from college or get a higher degree, there are three women, and an increasing number of women are out-earning their husbands. Even though most women still earn less than men and [...]

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M.B.A.’s Have Biggest ‘Mommy Penalty’

by Sandy Whiting December 16, 2010

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A few weeks ago, the New York Times Economix blog posted an interesting piece, entitled “M.B.A.‘s Have Biggest ‘Mommy Penalty’, Doctors The Smallest.” In it, Steven Greenhouse states that: “Among highly educated women who take time off from their careers to raise their children, women with M.B.A.’s suffer the largest percentage ‘mommy penalty,’ while those [...]

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A Personal Goal for the New Year

by Sandy Whiting December 16, 2010

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I’m the kind of person who’s always enjoyed working, ever since I started babysitting in middle school. In college, I took the early morning shift at the security desk in the dorms during the weekends, from 7-11am. While all of my friends were sleeping in, letting their hangovers wear off, I was up, checking IDs. [...]

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