Women's Initiative - United Way of Greater New Haven

03/24/2015

The more you volunteer, the more engaged you will be in our community, and at your job. So what are you waiting for?

http://www.unitedway.org/…/looking-for-work-life-balance-vo…

03/23/2015

United Way was co-founded by a strong woman!

March is . Did you know Frances Wisebart Jacobs was one of the founding members of United Way in 1887? Celebrate the strong women in your life and show what it means to Live United.

Join our Women's Leadership Council: http://www.uwgnh.org/about/womens-leadership-council

03/17/2015

Nominate your favorite female historical figure to be featured on this Google-powered map app.

03/12/2015

Our friends at the Junior League of Greater New Haven are screening a lively and provocative film: "Miss Representation," which examines how the mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media's limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful.
When: Thursday, March 19 at 5:30 p.m. at the New Haven Free Public Library (in the Community Room), at 133 Elm Street, New Haven. The showing is free, but please RSVP to [email protected]. After the screening, there will be community / panel discussion.

03/11/2015

Data Desk Connecticut Ranked 7th-Best State For Women By Stephen Busemeyer contact the reporter Medicaid Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Connecticut is the seventh-best state for women, based on a range of factors including access to health care, income, employment, education and life expectancy, ac…

03/09/2015

Outstanding photos of some outstanding women.

National Geographic Photo Blog

03/06/2015

03/04/2015

It's not just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do.

02/26/2015

Farms, Factories, and Families: Italian American Women of Connecticut

Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 2 pm

Between 1880 and 1920, more than 4 million Italians immigrated to America, many arriving in New Haven. Italian women stood behind their husbands and managed the family economy, invested in real estate, put aside money for their children’s education, cooked meals, nurtured large families, and when times got tough, joined men on production lines. Author, historian, and photographer Anthony V. Riccio will share remarkable, poignant, and sometimes humorous details of the lives of these courageous women from his new book "Farms, Factories, and Families: Italian American Women of Connecticut."

Admission is free. Donations welcomed.

(image) Fashion Dress Shop, Vernon Street, New Haven, 1930s. Russo Family Archives.

02/26/2015

Younger women may ignore or dismiss the earliest symptoms of an impending heart attack, such as pain and dizziness, and delay seeking emergency medical care. Such factors potentially contribute to dis

02/18/2015

Another way poverty impacts women.

For women living in poverty, the cost of feminine hygiene products is yet another burden on an already stretched budget.

02/15/2015

Happy Birthday, Susan B. Anthony!

Perhaps the most well-known women's rights activist in American history, Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 and raised as a Quaker. She dedicated her life to numerous causes, including universal suffrage, women's property rights, the abolition of slavery and temperance.