As told to Emily Kestel Suzan Erem is an organizer and writer. In 2015, she co-founded the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, which is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting land to grow healthy food. She continues to serve as its executive Read more…
By Brittany Heard, lead adviser, Foster Group In my role as a financial adviser, I get to meet with a variety of people from different stages of life who have different experiences with money. Some women I meet are very Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor The theme of this year’s Women Lead Change Central Iowa Conference was “Joining Voices: Leaders for Equity.” One way I like to practice equity is by sharing knowledge. In this case, sharing knowledge looks like Read more…
KNOW YOUR WORTH: FEARLESS STORIES AT WORK, BY Speaking up used to be a struggle for Deanna Strable-Soethout. When she was in her 30s, Strable-Soethout became the youngest person to hold the position of senior vice president at Principal Financial Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor In 2016, David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson published their first book, “Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women.” A year later, the #MeToo movement dominated the headlines and Smith and Johnson Read more…
By Emily Kestel, Fearless editor Period shaming is pervasive: A 2018 study by Thinx revealed that nearly 60% of menstruators have felt embarrassed simply because they were on their period. Additionally, 62% admit feeling that they feel uncomfortable using the Read more…
By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor The topics of mentorship and professional development have consistently been at the top of the list of issues that Fearless readers are interested in. So we thought, who better to talk to about mentorship than Read more…
KNOW YOUR WORTH: FEARLESS STORIES AT WORK, BY Marilyn Swinney is familiar with feeling like an outsider, just for being who she is. More than 20 years ago — after graduating from the University of Manchester in England with a Read more…
Stories compiled by Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Each year, more than 15,000 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer. Roughly 11% of those diagnosed die. Yet research on pediatric cancer remains underfunded – just 4% of the federal budget Read more…
By Emily Blobaum, Fearless editor Much like the rest of the world, Marti Payseur did not know what was in store for 2020. In 2019, Payseur and her partner, Ash Bruxvoort, opened Thistle’s Summit Bed & Breakfast, a 2,800-square-foot Victorian Read more…