Women and Business
27 Articles & Excerpts
Work
 Liz Lange's Maternity Style: How to Look Fabulous During the Most Fashion-Challenged Time
by Liz Lange
pregnancy style. To some this idea seems baffling, but to me it's always made perfect sense. Pregnant women are beautiful, and pregnancy is undoubtedly one of the happiest, sexiest, and most exciting times in a woman's life. In my mind, a pregnant woman
Getting Started
 Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
by Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D.
From the outset I want you to know and, even more important, believe that the mistakes impeding you from reaching your career goals or potential don't happen because you're stupid or incompetent (although others might want to make you think so).
Who Wants to Be Her Own Boss?
 The 7 Greatest Truths About Successful Women
by Marion Luna Brem
Inspired by Marion Luna Brem's own amazing rags-to-riches story, this is a practical book for the modern woman at any stage of her career. While revealing how she transformed herself from a jobless young mother, deeply in debt after cancer treatments
Leadership Begins at Home
 If You've Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything
by Ann Crittenden
Most mothers and fathers know in their bones that raising a child is the hardest job they've ever had. And, even if child-rearing is not that difficult for some, it is certainly comparable to dealing with adults, whether they are superiors, clients
Managing Your Anxiety, What's a Girl to Do?
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
by Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D.
I can see by the looks on women's faces, and from their comments, that anxiety and confusion are part of the learning process. My 1989 audiotape, Women and Power: Understand Your Fear/Releasing Your Potential, and my book, Women, Anger & Depression
Chapter One
 When Money Isn't Enough: How Women Are Finding the Soul of Success
by Barbara Steinberg Smalley, Connie Glaser
Quick! Define what success means to you. A prestigious job title? An impressive salary? A corner office with a view? Power and perks? Traditionally, these have been the yardsticks used to measure one's success.
The Case of Susan
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
by Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D.
Let me give you an example of a woman with whom I worked who wondered why she wasn't reaching her full potential. Susan was a procurement manager for a Fortune 100 oil company. She'd been with this firm for more than twelve years when she expressed
You're on Your Way
 The Working Mother's Guide to Life: Strategies, Secrets, and Solutions
by Linda Mason
Different Approaches to Working Motherhood. Petronila, my friend in rural western Kenya, sits in the shade under a small tree in a congested and lively marketplace in a small hillside village. It is hot and dry.
The Golden Triangle: Relationships, Power, and Self-Esteem
 In the Company of Women
by Pat Heim, Ph.D., Susan Murphy, Ph.D.
Relationships: It has become almost axiomatic that women live in a web of relationships. We have developed a great facility for relatedness, and we need these connections in order to maintain our sense of personal well-being.
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book: Twelve Steps to a Happy Marriage
by Various
Is it possible for a woman to marry and still have a career? This question has been asked of me so many times that I am glad at last to sit down and write some of the things which always come to my mind.
My Story
 Time Off for Good Behavior: How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives
by Mary Lou Quinlan
Sister, Sister, call on me! I can still hear my high-pitched first grade voice, shouting those first Type A good girl words to Sister Thomas Anice. It was the fall of 1959 in St. Helena's School in Philadelphia and I was already in a hurry to succeed.
Power
In the Company of Women
by Pat Heim, Ph.D., Susan Murphy, Ph.D.
Power is the ability to get things done. It is extremely important: without power you would find it impossible to reach your personal and professional goals. In 1959, psychologists John French and Bertram Raven at UCLA identified six kinds of power
pink and blue
 Pitch Like a Girl: How a Woman Can Be Herself and Still Succeed
by Ronna Lichtenberg
In a way, the world would be easier if all women were the same and all men were the same. There would be those handy visual cues we could rely on to tell us everything; we could simply note a heavy beard and assume that everything coming up in chapter 3
The Toolbox
 Power Tools for Women
by Joni Daniels
Do you panic when you discover that you've left the house without your purse? I do. It contains my wallet that holds cash and credit cards, my driver's license, and the required insurance information.
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women
by George S. Weaver
I take it that men and women were made for business, for activity, for employment. Activity is the life of us all. To do and to bear is the duty of life. We know that Employment makes the man in a very great measure.
Quitting
 Comeback Moms
by Monica Samuels, J. C. Conklin
Maybe you just got the news that you're expecting or maybe you're a veteran mom with middle school-aged kids at home, it doesn't matter where you are on the mom continuum, at some point you'll be confronted with the burning question
Why Women Matter
 Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World
by Marie C. Wilson
All of my adult life I have preached the virtues of power sharing between men and women. The arrangement seemed not only fair, but also obvious: Women populate half the democracy; we should occupy half the positions of leadership both for gender equity
What Are Your Expectations?
Comeback Moms
by Monica Samuels, J. C. Conklin
In addition to analyzing why you're really quitting, think carefully about what your expectations are when you do quit. Make sure that you aren't expecting too much from the experience, because if you do and you're disappointed, your family will suffer.
The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know
 She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rule Every Businesswoman Needs to Know
by Gail Evans
Let me tell you two very different stories. The first concerns Lily, a fiery young entrepreneur who started her own computer software business. This enterprise was so successful that a much larger firm eventually bought Lily out.
What Holds Us Back
Power Tools for Women
by Joni Daniels
Patty had been employed with a local college for many years when a dean's position became available. As she reviewed the requirements, she recognized that her previous positions had provided her with the experiences needed to qualify for the job
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