Army of One

If women could put aside their petty differences and come together; they would be a force to be reckoned with.

Women, unfortunately, often feel that they are in it alone.

They do not identify with other women in their field or with others who have come up along the same path. They look at their trials and successes in a singular vision rather than as a part of something larger that affects women as a group.

Why is that?

Women feel they must compete with each other for positions in the workplace. I guess the fear is that there are only a limited number of spots or successes allotted to women, so they must do everything in their power to position themselves to obtain that success. This sadly, is often at the expense of other women and leads to things like gossip, putting each other down, or outright deception and lies. 

Women should rather look to their similarities and know that abundance and true success is never limited.   

Be the one who puts asides your differences and comes together for the higher purpose of advancing women as a whole.

YOU ARE NOT IN IT ALONE     

What you do effects other women, so make it positive!

Girls Can do Anything

I truly believe this! In this day and Age and in this Country, Girls have unlimited possibilities. There is not a field or profession that a young woman does not have access to, accept for maybe Navy Seals and SWAT Operators - and hopefully one day that WILL change. This has come about from hundreds of years of other Women Paving the Way. 

So if you feel offended at work, under appreciated at home, or generally frustrated by your womanhood; think about all of the women who have come before you and all the opposition they have faced. If they had not persevered we would not have - 



Radium invented by Marie Curie in 1898





White Out Invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1958




Windshield Wipers invented by Mary Anderson in 1903 
  



Kevlar invented in 1964 by Stephanie Kwolek

So next time you think you can't accomplish something

∞ Think Again Sister ∞

First blogged 2.13.12

Best Bets

Even though most career fields are wide open to women in this country, many women are still paid proportionately less than their male counterparts.

If you or a young woman in your life are looking for a new career field here are a few that pay more proportionately for women. 


In 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; women working full time earn on average 80 percent that of what men earn in the same positions. According to CNN.com, some of the Best and Equal job fields for Women are:

Computer scientists and systems analysts
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,082
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,240
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 87.3%

Computer software engineers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,351
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,555
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 86.9%

Registered nurses
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,011
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,168
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 86.6%

Pharmacists
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,647
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,914
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 86.1%

Postsecondary teachers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,056
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,245
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 84.8%

Computer and mathematical occupations
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,088
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,320
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 82.4%

Lawyers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,509
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,875
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 80.5%

Human resources managers
Women - Median weekly earnings: $1,137
Men - Median weekly earnings: $1,433
Women's earnings as percent of men's in same occupation: 79.3%

YOU ARE WORTH IT

9 to 5 by Blue Juice