Women
often remain unheard within the workplace, particularly in business settings
which are dominated by men. Often times women will remain silent, because they
assume their ideas or opinions will be overlooked, or a male colleague will
attempt to take credit for their proposal. According to Entrepreneur.com, women
working within the Obama administration started using a method called amplification, “When a
woman proposed an insight or solution, the other women would repeat it in
agreement to amplify the point. This helped everyone, both men and women,
recognize the contribution coming from the woman who first proposed the idea”
(Lee, 2017). We often see a competitive atmosphere in business among women, because they
feel they need to be harder and less empathetic in order to advance at the same
pace that their male coworkers can. The only way that women can create an
atmosphere that will create opportunities for the advancement and promotion of
women within the business world, is if it starts with the handful of female
business leaders currently at the forefront of the industry today. This is
where motivation, support, and comprehensive mentorship programs play a crucial
role, “One way to start is
by motivating women at schools and universities. I recently spoke to
ambitious female students at Columbia’s Business Women’s Leadership Conference
about the importance of helping other women amplify, network and build
businesses. You could also start a women’s mentorship group, or
find an individual to mentor, at your company or school. It can be as easy
as a meeting every month to serve as an advocate for a fellow woman to
discuss ideas on how to address situations at work, switching careers or
pitching for promotions” (Lee, 2017).
The work of women was pivotal to the success of America in the war, “ Women in uniform took office and clerical jobs in the armed forces in order to free men to fight. They also drove trucks, repaired airplanes, worked as laboratory technicians, rigged parachutes, served as radio operators, analyzed photographs, flew military aircraft across the country, test-flew newly repaired planes, and even trained anti-aircraft artillery gunners by acting as flying targets. Some women served near the front lines in the Army Nurse Corps, where 16 were killed as a result of direct enemy fire. Sixty-eight American service women were captured as POWs in the Philippines. More than 1,600 nurses were decorated for bravery under fire and meritorious service, and 565 WACs in the Pacific Theater won combat decorations. Nurses were in Normandy on D-plus-four” (NationalWW2Museum.org). Despite their outstanding work, women were forced to return home to care for their families, and relinquish their jobs ...

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