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- 22 Apr 2019
- News
Alvarez-Bjelland to Receive Harvard Medal
receive her medal during May’s Commencement Day activities. The Harvard Gazette announcement notes that she was awarded Radcliffe College’s highest undergraduate honor and served as a resident tutor at Kirkland House while earning her MBA. “The first View Details
Beatrice F. Auerbach
In 1938, when Auerbach became president of G. Fox & Company, it is almost certain that she was the only female president of a major department store in the U.S. Auerbach was a pioneer in a number of fair employment practices,... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 07 Nov 2012
Women's Q&A Webinar
The HBS Admissions Board and the Women's Student Association invites you to our monthly webinar series. This is an opportunity to learn more about the HBS MBA program and how to apply. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions of View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
to our office,” she explains. As a student at HBS, Khan decided to figure out a way to help female entrepreneurs access venture capital. In the summer of 2015, with support from the Rock Summer Fellows program, she started an accelerator,... View Details
- 21 Oct 2019
Women's Visit Day
Sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and the Women's Student Association (WSA), this event is designed for prospective female applicants to experience the MBA program at Harvard Business School. Over the course of the day, participants will... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Advancing the cause of women’s leadership in business
Having broken barriers in her own career, Ilene Lang (AB 1965, MBA 1973) has made it her mission to help other women succeed in business. The retired CEO of Catalyst now serves as senior advisor of the global research and advisory firm, which promotes inclusion and... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
Top Business Schools Discuss: Women in Business
Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of female students in business school and beyond. The event will feature a... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
Top Business Schools Discuss: Women in Business
Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of female students in business school and beyond. The event will feature a... View Details
Maggie L. Walker
that, though their savings were small, blacks could still create financial stability for themselves. The bank served not only as a depository of funds and a discount mortgage lender, particularly for women, but also as an employer of a large number of community... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
unfreezing a labor market that saw jobs going unfilled even as people were looking for work? Has it created a pool of “new” talent—that is, prospective employees with work experience seeking new career opportunities? The female labor... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Muriel Siebert Collection | Baker Library
of the NYSE. She later became the first female New York State Superintendent of Banks. The bulk of the materials in the collection are Siebert’s professional papers, which provide insight into her rise from analyst to general partner in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Bringing women to the boardroom table
Placing female candidates on boards of public and private companies is Beth A. Stewart’s mission as CEO of Trewstar. The search firm addresses the inequity of board representation—only 16 percent of Fortune 500 companies have a woman... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Uncorked
an advertisement for perfume.” In 1972, E. & J. Gallo Winery called out of the blue and invited McClelland to its Modesto headquarters to manage its network television purchases. Eventually becoming the family company’s first female vice... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Being a Mom at Business School
Alice Liu (MBA 2021) is originally from Beijing, China and moved to Canada when she was 11. She went to WashU in St.Louis, and worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan where she covered technology companies from SF and NYC offices. Alice is starting her own View Details
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Faculty Spotlight: HBS Racial Equity Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador - Blog: RGE Report
Does Exposure to Female Labor Market Participation Fuel Gender Conservatism? 08 Mar 2025 Professor Claudia Goldin on "Why Women Won" 08 Mar 2025 Professor Robin Ely on Challenging Conventional Wisdom 08 Mar 2025 Gender Backlash: Does... View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
women." Marlis Krichewsky presented an interesting hypothesis when she classified male and female managers in three groups: those who conform to the gender role model, those who imitate the role model of the other gender, and those... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
Rose Totino
frozen pizza business in 1962 just as frozen foods were gaining national prominence. Totino’s business grew rapidly, and she sold it to Pillsbury in 1975 for $22 million. Totino was named the first female vice president at Pillsbury, and... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
CD will be donated to help end domestic violence. Respond II features 32 female artists, half of whom were nominated for Grammy Awards and all of whom donated their work to the project. It came together with the help of HBS research... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
this June. His caption to this Instagram photo? “Big business minus the business suit.” June’s PEEK Weekend—a new HBS recruiting effort—introduced 125 female college students and recent graduates to business and HBS, including case... View Details
Keywords: Dwyane Wade
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
increasing your female managers leads to higher profitability over time.” — HBS associate professor JORDAN SIEGEL describing his research results from countries that traditionally discriminate against women. (HBS Working Knowledge,... View Details