Article and photos by Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s disparate effect on women’s employment, Dress for Success Des Moines never stopped living out its mission to empower women to achieve economic independence by supplying them with clothing Read more…
Communities, hospitals and doctors seek solutions amid Iowa’s changing maternal health and economic landscapes that drove the loss of 40 birthing units since 2000. By Sarah Bogaards, staff writer Editor’s note: This is the first story in a three-part series Read more…
KNOW YOUR WORTH: FEARLESS STORIES AT WORK, BY Reyma McCoy McDeid couldn’t hide anymore. It was 2014, and McCoy McDeid, then working at a Des Moines organization that helps individuals with intellectual disabilities, had to disclose one of her deepest Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Call it what you want – a “labor shortage” or a “reassessment of work in America” – but companies are finding that in order to attract and retain current employees throughout the Great Resignation, they’re Read more…
By Katie Patterson, Founder and CEO, Happy Medium It’s not lost on me that I’m sitting down (finally) at 7:59 p.m. on Tuesday (this blog’s due date) to write it. And like clockwork, the second I sat down, after working Read more…
Storytelling is a powerful tool to help break down stigmas, build community and encourage empathy. Every year, we share stories of fearlessness through the Business Record in part because we believe it’s our duty not just to report on what Read more…
Tell us about a time you were fearless. “Katie, I nominated you for a local dance competition. I think you’d be great at it.” My inner dialogue immediately responded with “Thanks, but NO THANKS.” Yet, when I got the call, Read more…
Tell us about a time you were fearless. After much soul-searching in 2020, I took action toward pivoting from a stable career as an engineer to working for an entrepreneur to grow her professional coaching business. It was a huge Read more…
As told to Emily Kestel Teresa Zilk is a mental health advocate and the founder of Stories To Tell My Daughter, which is a storytelling experience dedicated to centering the voices and experiences of Black women and other women of Read more…
As told to Emily Kestel Mary Kramer made history as the first woman to be independently elected as the president of the Iowa Senate in 1997. In 2003, she was sworn in as ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Read more…