By: Jenny Chen Imagine working while suffering from feeling hot in a cool environment, painful aches, fatigue and annoying headaches. That’s what it’s like working during menopause. As each generation ages, more people will go through menopause, a 12-month phase after a woman’s last period that typically happens between ages 45-55. In the United States, […]
Category: women’s rights
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Inventor, Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner
By: Chelsea Carpenter As March has come to a close, we want to recognize an amazing trailblazer for Women’s History Month–Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner. A Not So Sticky Situation Picture this: Maxipads, but without an adhesive. Can you imagine?! Your pad would be sliding all over the place, getting wedged in uncomfortable spots. Oy vey! […]
Let’s Not Ignore Women During Coronavirus
Overwhelmed hospitals, lost jobs, and empty grocery store shelves. These effects of the coronavirus outbreak flood our TV screens. Yet, coronavirus affects more than just toilet paper shortages. Many unique impacts of coronavirus on women are already widely unreported. This leaves women, some of the most impacted and at-risk populations, to suffer in silence. It […]