Courtney E. Martin, Author at Women's eNews

American Girl Expects Strong Sales Despite Boycott

By Courtney E. Martin ● Uncategorized ● December 6, 2005

Anti-choice activists are boycotting the American Girl doll series this holiday season, but strong sales expectations suggest the girl-power message is prevailing with shoppers. The high price of the dolls, however, means they aren’t for everyone.

For Career Lift, Female Executives Try Flying

By Courtney E. Martin ● Uncategorized ● November 6, 2005

If more businesswomen could fly airplanes, they would use the confidence it engenders to steer their careers higher. That is the premise of a New Jersey company that turns female executives into pilots.

Violence Shelter Considers Hiring Male Director

By Courtney E. Martin ● Uncategorized ● August 22, 2005

One of the country’s oldest shelters has opened a gender-neutral search for a new executive director and hired a man to run the organization in the interim. Some feminists call the move a violation of the founding principles to protect women.

Home Ec Stirs Domestic Politics into College Mix

By Courtney E. Martin ● Employment ● May 12, 2005

Home economics is no longer just about failed junior-high sewing projects. Now it’s a college discipline called family and consumer sciences and many of its students are graduating this month. Second in a series of eight on women and education.

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American Girl Expects Strong Sales Despite Boycott

For Career Lift, Female Executives Try Flying

Violence Shelter Considers Hiring Male Director

Home Ec Stirs Domestic Politics into College Mix