“Rosie the Riveter” symbolizes all women who have crossed the gender barrier, to work in careers that were not always open to women.

To all of the female welders, machinists, mechanics, longshoremen, electricians, CEOs, and other professions which took a great deal of courage to enter, we salute you!

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Adding A Woman’s Touch in a Man’s World

A monthly newsletter for Women in Nontraditional Jobs

Over the past two decades, the American workplace has changed dramatically.

       Until fairly recently, it has been a place that focused almost exclusively on “getting the job done,” where workers were expected to leave their problems and personal lives at home - or risk losing their jobs.

       More and more, employers today recognize that personal, “real life” problems affect job performance, and job performance affects the bottom line. Because of this change, employers now routinely offer employees a full spectrum of assistance programs to help them deal with issues such as drug addiction, family problems and AIDS - finding that doing so is ultimately more cost-effective than leaving employees to solve these problems on their own. Increasingly, employers across the U.S. are addressing domestic violence by implementing programs and policies that respond to and help prevent abuse and treat it as a preventable health problem and bottom-line business issue.

       Business should respond to domestic violence in its own enlightened self-interest, and it should do so in a business-like way. By working to mitigate the economic, legal, and productivity risks related to domestic violence, a business will also create a workplace that is safer for victims, and will send a powerful message to society that responding to domestic violence is “good business”.

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The Nation’s First African American Female Entrepreneur

     Madam C.J. Walker built a fortune in the early 1900s marketing hair care and beauty products to African-American women. Not Hoosier by birth, she moved her company to Indianapolis in 1910 and left her make on Indiana Avenue, where the Walker Theatre became a landmark

     Born Sarah Breedlove in Delta, LA in 1867, she had lost both of her parents by age 8, and worked in the cotton fields to survive.

     In 1906, she married Charles Joseph Walker and became “Madam C.J. Walker”.

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Volume 1, Issue 6

October 1, 2006

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     When she died in 1919, Madam Walker was considered the wealthiest black woman in America, though she may not have actually been a millionaire as she has often been described.

     This month we salute Madam C.J. Walker!

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