By: Nicki Gilmour
Six years ago, with the support of the The White House Project, CosmoGirl! launched Project 2024, an initiative to get more young women involved in politics so that we could see a day when just as many women as men run for the highest office in the country – getting beyond gender to […]
‘Intrepid Women Series’ Category
June 6th, 2008, 9:38 am
What’s your point, Honey? A Documentary About Female Leadership
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The Intrepid Women series follows brave women who venture into the traditionally male dominated domains that have long been sources of entertainment for men in law and finance, but where women rarely tread. Previous excursions include steak houses and cigar bars.
For years, one of my Russian friends has been telling me about the Russian bathhouse […]
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May 9th, 2008, 11:50 am
Passions: Canoeing in the Wilderness
Contributed by Jane Lucken
You want a stress-relieving break and are considering a spa vacation. They are great in principle, but often end up costing a lot more than you budgeted for and, if you’re like me, tend to involve more time spent on massages and pool-side lounging than giving your body the exercise it needs. […]
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April 25th, 2008, 8:56 am
Passions: Dog Mushing
Contributed by Saadiah Freeman
I can’t recall exactly what triggered this disturbing addiction. Was it the frenzy of excited barks, howls and yelps that greeted me as I walked into the snowy dog yard, every dog seemingly begging to be harnessed up for a joyous romp through the freshly-fallen powder? The hushed exhilaration of […]
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The Glass Hammer returns to one of its favorite hobbies, writing restaurant reviews, this time, for top eateries in Midtown Manhattan. (Alright, our hobby isn’t writing the reviews exactly, but we do love the research!) Below, find three recommendations to wow clients and celebrate with co-workers for a job well done. Our reviews of Jean […]
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March 21st, 2008, 7:05 am
Book Review: Samantha Power Talks (And Writes)
by Kathryn Nilsson Reichert
A few years ago, I attended a luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City to honor women in communications and the author Samantha Power introduced one of the honorees. Someone asked me who she was. I told her that Ms. Power was a professor at Harvard and an author who had won the 2003 […]
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It’s been a while since we last ran a restaurant review in The Glass Hammer. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t been eating! Here, we offer you our three top recommendations for downtown power-lunches in New York City.
Our top three …
Nobu
Bouley
Chanterelle
Check out our reviews after the jump …
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March 7th, 2008, 7:27 am
Passions: Spotlight on Meditation
Contributed by Jillian Lavender
Late nights, endless meetings, weekend work, constant packing and unpacking for business trips (and then catching up afterwards), the inbox that never goes down, the reading pile that keeps on growing…
Sound familiar?
This was my world for many years as divisional CEO of a global publishing company. Though the work was exciting and […]
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February 22nd, 2008, 7:14 am
Up, Up and Away! Reviews of Two Business Books to Inspire Women
For this second installment of business book reviews, our editorial staff has reviewed two of their recent favorites:
Trade Up! Five Steps for Redesigning your Leadership and Life from the Inside Out, by Rayona Sharpnack
Spiral Up: and other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives, by Jane Linder.
As you might imagine from their upwardly mobile titles, both […]
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In the return of The Glass Hammer’s Intrepid Women series, we sent our own Kathryn Nilsson Reichert to learn how to play poker well enough to beat the gentlemen at their own game. Here, she describes the results…
Card games were never interesting to me. In fact, aside from an occasional game of solitaire while traveling, […]
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February 8th, 2008, 7:26 am
Book Reviews: The Glass Hammer’s Top Business Books
This week, we at The Glass Hammer are kicking off a new occasional Friday segment where we review and recommend business-oriented books that might be of particular interest to women working in law and finance. Today we review 3 top business books, so keep reading after the jump. Have a top pick yourself? Write in […]
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February 1st, 2008, 7:14 am
Catching Fish in Uganda and the Secret to Saving the World
Contributed by Alana Elsner
The Glass Hammer has published several pieces in the past on how women in finance can get involved in charitable enterprises that put their skills to work helping women in need. In this article, a new contributor to The Glass Hammer highlights her experience with socially responsible investing.
Ever wondered what happens to […]
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For those of you who don’t know me, I am a cat-like creature at heart. Happiest curled up by a warm fire, with a good book, a glass of decent red wine at my elbow, and some music playing. I don’t do wet, I don’t do cold, and I usually avoid energetic.
So it surprised even […]
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So it may not have been the best year for women in finance, or even the best year for finance professionals in general. Still, for those of you who work at top performing places like Goldman Sachs or hedge funds that shorted subprime loans this year, Santa might still be squeezing down the chimney for […]
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Every year, I host a traditional holiday party called the Black and White Soiree. It’s a gathering of about 60 friends in my small vintage apartment. My friends Alanna and Megan help with the cooking because, as my mother would say, I am domestically challenged. I managed to make cookies but I […]
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The idea of taking to the high seas never really occurred to me before. I’m not the kind of person who likes being cold and wet, for one. Sailing just didn’t really push my ‘I want to try that’ button. I had a head filled with misconceptions about what it was really like, with no […]
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December 21st, 2007, 9:49 am
Are Men Threatened by Your Success? Come to Washington, D.C.
Contributed by Sally Lee
This piece is in response to “The H-Bomb,” an article by Erin Abrams which was published on The Glass Hammer a few months ago. The basic argument of the piece was that smart, successful women with high-powered and high-earning jobs (in this case, graduates of Harvard Law School), had a hard time […]
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November 30th, 2007, 9:21 am
Craft to Heal:Taking Time Out to Pursue a Hobby Can Have Benefits for Your Body and Soul
Contributed by Nancy Monson
Time heals all wounds. But until time kicks in, what do you do while you’re waiting? How do you relieve stress and decompress from everyday pressures? How do you ease the pain, distract your mind, soothe your soul? If you’re like me (and a whole lot of celebrities, it seems), you craft.
I’ve […]
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Is work making you want to punch someone? I found a cure to release the office- related stress and help your head from exploding…it’s called Bikram Yoga. After the very first class, I felt ready to take on the world.
I went through a phase where I was at the gym every day, even […]
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This new series of articles, called “Passions,” is not a cheesy soap opera on day-time television. Rather, it explores what young successful professional women do when they are not working, and sheds some light on the hobbies and interests that they are passionate about.
Think that only a crazy person would jump out of an airplane […]
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