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Editor's Note, Dawn-Marie Driscoll
Editor's Note, Dawn-Marie Driscoll
New England Journal of Public Policy
This issue of the New England Journal of Public Policy had many beginnings and, like most efforts in which a theme is slowly resolved, probably should not have an ending.
The discussion of this theme started several years ago when a group of senior Boston businesswomen talked about the need and value of meeting on a semi-regular basis. Their purpose would be to focus discussions on a narrow but important issue — the economic advancement of women.
The criteria for these informal meetings quickly fell into place. All the women who comprised the group would be drawn from within the …
Women And Money: Getting Money And Using It, Sheryl R. Marshall
Women And Money: Getting Money And Using It, Sheryl R. Marshall
New England Journal of Public Policy
The author of this article has spent her career in the world of finance. Here she examines the way women make economic decisions. The article centers on attitudes concerning women, money, and financial independence; the availability or lack of capital for women who want to start businesses; and a strategy for using their economic clout to forward the agenda of the economic empowerment of women.