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Hilary Clinton and Gloria Steinem

Over the last couple of weeks, there have been several wonderful articles, stories and opinion pieces written and published in the New York Times about two women I admire greatly -- Hilary Clinton and Gloria Steinem (my all-time hero)!!   In case you missed them, I have included the links to the columns here.   The first is a link to an opinion piece written by another great woman, Maureen Dowd on Wednesday, March 14, the same day the editorial "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs"  written by Greg Smith was published.  In all of the hoopla about the Greg Smith column it would be easy to miss the Maureen Dowd column which would be a shame. I believe it is well worth the ...

Robin. Early Life Experiences. Career Milestones, Career Road Blocks, Obstacles and Challenges. Dealing with Difficult People

I asked Robin to tell me about the experiences in her early life which she believed had the greatest impact on her work life and career. She said it was probably her observation of her mom who was a stay-at-home mom who did everything in the household. Robin said: “She was the stability, love and nurturing for the four kids and in addition, did the cleaning, cooking, shopping, washing and ironing.  I would come home from school and watch her iron while I did my homework. I remember coming home from grade one when Kennedy had been shot and we cried together watching our black and white television, standing in front of the ironing board! It wasn’t that I disrespected ...