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Harriet Tubman Could Be The First Woman On A $20 Bill

Harriet Tubman Could Be The First Woman On A $20 Bill #WiLabLoves #Womenon20s

Americans want Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

Photo from HuffingtonPost.com

Tubman was the winner of a 10-week poll conducted by the nonprofit group Women On 20s, which wants to replace President Andrew Jackson with a woman on a $20 bill.

Tubman, who helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad, received 33.6 percent of the 352,431 votes cast in the final round of the…

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A simple 2-step exercise for figuring out what you're really good at

A simple 2-step exercise for figuring out what you're really good at #WiLabLoves

This story comes from “Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, And Never Get Stuck” by Jon Acuff. Photo from BusinessInsider.com

If we ever had coffee and I asked you what your skills are, you’d probably tell me one of two things:

1. I don’t know what my skills are.

2. I don’t have (m)any.

The first answer might be born from the simple fact that you haven’t thought about that question often.

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The top 13 companies for women in tech

The top 13 companies for women in tech from @mashable #WiLabLoves

If there’s anything the Ellen Pao trial showed, it’s that sexism is still alive in Silicon Valley. But some tech companies are trying to change that.

The Anita Borg Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in technology, has released a study on the top companies in the world for female technologists. It analyzed35 companies with a combined workforce of more than 435,000…

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Women now control more than half of US personal wealth, which 'will only increase in years to come'

Women now control more than half of US personal wealth #WiLabLoves #BusinessInsider

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Photo from businessinsider.com

Women have overtaken men and now control more than half of all U.S. wealth and will likely take an even bigger piece of the pie in coming years, a new study has revealed.

About 51 percent, or $14 trillion, of American personal wealth is now controlled by women, according to the Bank of Montreal’s Wealth Institute. The Canadian bank also…

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Equal Pay Day: Women Nearly Twice as Likely to Retire in Poverty

Equal Pay Day: Women Nearly Twice as Likely to Retire in Poverty

The promise of America from one generation to the next is a simple one: After a lifetime of hard and rewarding work, Americans can expect to enjoy a secure retirement.

But for a growing number of us, especially women, making good on that promise has become nearly impossible. kate black bailey childers Kate Black (left) and Bailey Childers.

As we mark Equal Pay Day on April 14, it’s important to…

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Dove's One Beautiful Thought Will Have You Thinking Twice About Yourself

Dove's One Beautiful Thought Will Have You Thinking Twice About Yourself #WiLabLoves #OneBeautifulThought

Dove is back with yet another ad campaign that has us reaching for our tissues and re-evaluating how we talk about body image.

This time around, Dove is asking that we share #OneBeautifulThought. As in, one positive feeling about our bodies, instead of the negativity we usually direct toward ourselves.

Created by Dove France, the…

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WiLab Loves: To the Cruel Disease That Tried to Break Me: You Failed

#WiLabLoves: To the Cruel Disease That Tried to Break Me: You Failed #womensilab

Dear Dysferlinopathy,

I bet you thought you could break me.

You came into my life after I graduated from college, an unwelcome visitor when I was just beginning to experience all the world had to offer. You took the dreams I had for my life and threw them to the ground. Spit on them. Buried them in the same dirt I would fall facedown on years later.

You attacked my muscles slowly at first, just…

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WiLab Loves: The Best Bosses Aren't Bossy

WiLab Loves: The Best Bosses Aren't Bossy #WiLabLoves #womensilab #forbes

I’ve been reading with interest about Sheryl Sandberg’s campaign to ban the word “bossy”– because of the negative implications it can have for young girls’ feelings about future leadership.  While I’m very sympathetic to Sandberg’s message, there’s another aspect of the word “bossy” that interests me even more.  Even though the word “boss” has long been synonymous with “manager,” the simple fact…

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