2018 has been dubbed the Year of the Woman and the results of the midterm elections certainly back up the title! What a thrill to wake up to see the historic election results:
– A record 117 women were elected to office
– 42 are women of color and 3 are LGBTQ
-The first Native American and Muslim woman will serve in Congress
It will be interesting to see what happens in the national government when there are more women calling the shots. What do we hope for at The Second Shift– a focus on parental leave, universal pre-k, childcare subsidies– the building blocks that help working women remain engaged in the workforce because work = empowerment! It’s time to shift things forward for all women and #makeworkworkforyou.
In the words of Ayanna Pressley, the first African- American woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress:
“When it comes to women of color candidates, folks don’t just talk about a glass ceiling; what they describe is a concrete one. But you know what breaks through concrete? Seismic shifts.”
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