U.S. Companies Hire a Record Number of Female CFOs “We’re sitting at an all time high now,” said Tom Kolder, president of executive recruiter Crist Kolder Associates, which counted 90 women in the CFO role at S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies as of Aug. 1. That’s already more than in any other entire year….

Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court Judge Barrett, 48 years old, is a member of the Chicago-based Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a former law clerk for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. A finalist for a previous Supreme Court opening that went to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, she was seen as a…

What We Know About Breonna Taylor’s Case and Death Mr. Walker told investigators that Ms. Taylor coughed and struggled to breathe for at least five minutes after she was shot, according to The Louisville Courier Journal. An ambulance on standby outside the apartment had been told to leave about an hour before the raid, counter to…

The news took my breath away. America’s greatest champion for gender quality, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has died. There are no words to do her justice. As I rocked my baby girl to sleep tonight, I promised to tell her about this wonderful woman. Thank you Justice Ginsburg, thank you. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of…

Women fund managers beat men at stock picks, Goldman finds “Even after adjusting for risk, female-managed funds have outperformed their counterparts amid the pandemic-related market swings,” Goldman strategists led by David Kostin wrote in a note to clients. Women closing the pay gap with men, at least when newly hired Data from Brad Hershbein, an…

Women’s Equality Day is a reminder that the fight for women’s rights didn’t end with the 19th Amendment But the Women’s Strike for Equality was also an early crystalizing moment for conservative women and their allies. By the mid-1970s, feminists would be routinely squaring off against opponents over issues such as federally subsidized childcare, the…

100 Years of Women’s Suffrage – Melinda Gates, Ai-jen Poo and 9 other women on what the 19th Amendment means to them Mississippi didn’t agree to ratify the 19th Amendment until 1984. Trump pardons Susan B. Anthony Mr. Trump granted a full pardon for Anthony, a former teacher who spent five decades leading the women’s suffrage…

  In Historic Pick, Joe Biden taps Kamala Harris to be his running mate “These aren’t normal times,” Biden said in an email to supporters Tuesday afternoon, referencing the coronavirus pandemic and calls for racial justice. “I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Kamala is that person.” Kamala…

Clorox names Linda Rendle as it’s next CEO With this new appointment, Rendle, who will replace current CEO Benno Dorer, will bring the total number of women running Fortune 500 firms to a record high of 38, reports Fortune. More Republican women are running for the U.S. House than ever before. Will they win? There will…

Schwab Names Two New (Female) Board Members As it moves toward finalizing its purchase of TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab is adding two new board members — Marianne C. Brown and Gerri K. Martin-Flickinger. The move will raise the number of women on its board to four out of 15 total members as of Aug. 1. The State of Women’s Economic Rights…