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Women’s eNews Is a Garden, Bearing Fruit of Change

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Arts & Culture ● November 27, 2014

This season, my father’s gardens filled our home with hard work, nutrition, hopes for the next season and thankfulness. For me now, gratitude comes for the support for our work in journalism, one that grows a harvest of positive change.

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Nourish Your Women’s Network and Feed Leadership

By Christine Gallagher Kearney ● Uncategorized ● November 25, 2013

At some point in the great American feast day, sit back, relax and give thanks to all the women you know, in so many different ways. Imagine how easy it would be to introduce a few women and fill the pipeline to U.S. women’s leadership.

Mayflower Women Anchor Thanksgiving to Plymouth

By Doris Weatherford ● Uncategorized ● November 21, 2012

There have been many New World thanksgivings, but the Pilgrim version that we celebrate today was made possible by the hardship and heroism of women and promulgated by New England schoolmarms.

Black Friday Workers Face the Annual Stress Test

By Maggie Freleng ● Uncategorized ● November 21, 2012

Some started handling “doorbuster” events yesterday, on Thanksgiving. Others are getting up at dawn today. The second of two stories on retail workers’ scheduling stress.

Give Thanks and Please Pass the Potato Fudge

By Penny Colman ● Arts & Culture ● November 19, 2010

On Thanksgiving, the typical turkey dinner comes with an array of ethnic additions. In this delicious excerpt from her 2008 book, “Thanksgiving, the True Story,” Penny Colman surveys everything from Greek pastitsio and Puerto Rican roast pig to Lithuania headcheese and Chinese fried rice.

Single Moms Serve Up Worries With Their Feast

By Stevens & Johnson ● Arts & Culture ● November 27, 2008

Today’s menu for many single mothers will be a poignant mixture of delight with their families with concern about their financial futures. With that in mind, two reporters backtracked to find two single mothers who had been featured in the past.

Organic Farmer Plucks Her Thanksgiving Turkeys

By Melinda Tuhus ● Arts & Culture ● November 11, 2007

Female farmers are seeking advice from an agricultural organization that helps them succeed in a male-dominated field. One woman who was told she couldn’t do it 30 years ago is plucking her Thanksgiving turkeys.

Women Should Buy Into Holiday Shopping Boycott

By Susan Feiner ● Arts & Culture ● November 7, 2007

The biggest retail day of the year hovers at the end of this month. Susan Feiner flags the reasons why women, in particular, need to resist the “buy” buttons that advertisers are trying to push and to join a consuming boycott.

Thanksgiving Tastes Sweet and Sour to U.S. Women

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● November 22, 2006

With a Madame Speaker of the House arriving in the New Year, women have a political horn of plenty to enjoy this Thanksgiving. Peggy Drexler says Tuesday’s Global Gender Gap report shows how far U.S. women still have to go.

Tips and Resources on Holiday Spending

By Sandra Guy ● Uncategorized ● December 9, 2005

(WOMENSENEWS)–Overcoming the societal message that encourages over-spending at year’s end is no easy task, but many resources provide help. A number of books, Web sites and initiatives aim at finding the true meaning of the holidays.