We started this site in March 2010 to first honor Women’s History Month.

History is just that: a story of past events that allows one to know more about the present. Ask a room of people to name historical figures and you will hear anything from presidents to generals, from explorers to scientists, from media moguls to sports legends. Chances are that 99.9% of them will also be male. To be sure—all would be quite historical and quite correct.

But wait a minute. What happened to HERstory across time? Are there not women whose efforts and achievements have made a difference in the present? Yes. Yes. Yes.

In 1980, National Women’s History Project was founded in Santa Rosa, California by Molly Murphy MacGregor, Mary Ruthsdotter, Maria Cuevas, Paula Hammett and Bette Morgan to broadcast women’s historical achievements. The NWHP started by leading a coalition that successfully lobbied Congress to designate March as National Women’s History Month, now celebrated across the land.

Every day during March, this site features a different woman of “history”. Keep in mind our definition: a story of the past that helps us understand the present—including our most personal and intimate present. We can’t ignore the influence of our biological sisters as well as our soul sisters, the lessons of our mothers and grandmothers, the impact of known and little known women. We are always seeking stories from our faithful readers.  

But there is more! We’ve been talking about this for some time.  We seek to create a web site that serve as a single source for articles, interviews, business ventures, resources, and associations for women. It can be a resource for recommended books, articles, even adventures. It can become a B2B site as well as a personal development site.   Let us know what you think of the concept and how you’d like to play along!

About The Founders:

Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE

Since founding McDargh Communications in 1980, Eileen McDargh has helped organizations and individuals transform the life of their business and the business of their life through conversations that matter and connections that count.

She draws upon practical business know-how, life’s experiences and years of consulting to major national and international organizations that have ranged from global pharmaceuticals to the US Armed Forces, from health care associations to religious institutions. Executive Excellence magazine continually ranks her as one of the top 50 thought leaders in self-leadership development. Global Gurus International, a British-based provider of  resources for leadership, communication and sales training, also named her as one of the World’s Top 30 Leadership Professionals following a global survey of 22,000 business professionals.

She authored Work for a Living & Still Be Free to Live, the first book on work/life balance—a topic that placed her as a futurist in this issue and continues to be published in revised editions. Her second book, The Resilient Spirit, is found from South Africa to California. Talk Ain’t Cheap… It’s Priceless – Connecting in a Disconnected World serves as a leadership guide for numerous organizations and her newest book, Gifts from the Mountain: Simple Truths for Life’s Complexities, won the Benjamin Franklin Gold Award in 2008. This book has been adapted for a training film scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2010.

As a business author and commentator, she’s appeared on network news, on radio programs and in business journals and in major metropolitan newspapers.

Clients have ranged from American Airlines to Xerox, from 3M to IBM, from drill foremen in the Arctic to juvenile offenders in prison. She served as one of ten faculty members in a business television series, Reclaiming Business Excellence and has headlined with speakers like NBA Coach Pat Riley, Notre Dame’s former coach Lou Holtz, Dr. Ken Blanchard, executive strategist Marshall Goldsmith and boardroom poet, David Whyte.

Eileen is a certified speaking professional (CSP) and her election into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame places her among the top 3% of speakers in the United States. She recently completed two three-year terms on the Board of Directors of the National Speakers Association and also currently sits on an advisory board for Take Back Your Time, a North American initiative for work/life integration practices. She’s also listed as a recommended expert through the Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College.

Dr. Eunice Parisi-Carew  is an accomplished consultant, trainer and speaker. With a broad base of experience in many facets of leadership and organizational development, she has designed, directed, and implemented training and consulting projects for a number of top North American corporations, including Merrill Lynch, AT&T, Hyatt Hotels, Transco Energy Company, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Her experience also includes several engagements in Mexico, Canada the UK and the Far East and Europe.

As a trainer, Eunice connects instantly with an audience. She exudes sincerity and knowledge and keeps people involved and interested. She is perceptive to a group’s needs and often is des cribbed as articulate, engaging and humorous.

Team building, leadership, productivity, change and person empowerment are among the topics she addresses in classes, seminars, speeches and articles. Eunice is the co-author of the extensive High Performing Teams product line at Blanchard and the co-author of two best selling team books – the one Minute manager builds High Performing Teams and High Five.

Eunice has taught at the University of Massachusetts, American University and directed a graduate in Group Dynamics and Leadership at the University of Harford. She has published several articles and instruments in this area. She is a member of NTL Institute, a licensed psychologist and a certified organizational development specialist.

She received her doctorate in the behavioral sciences from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and is presently the senior researcher for the Office of the Future at the Ken Blanchard Companies.