Category Archives: Marie Wilson
Today’s Feminist: A Different Breed?
The New York Times: Letters to the Editor Marie C. Wilson June 18, 2010 Ross Douthat ends his June 14 column, “No Mystique About Feminism,” with the assertion that the emergence of the most recent round of conservative victories is a happy consequence of the victories of the women’s movement. He is right: the women […]
One Giant Oil Rig
The Huffington Post Marie C. Wilson May 26, 2010 I had never paid too much attention to oil rigs until sitting on a panel with Deborah Myerson of Stanford University. She described research she had conducted with Robin Ely of Harvard that explored how focusing on safety on these dirty dangerous places had allowed men […]
The Tea Party Comes Out
A fear of diversity is at the center of Tea Party anger, argues The White House Project’s Marie Wilson—the very quality that produces good decision-making and the innovation that is likely to pull us out of the Great Recession. For several months Americans have watched the Tea Party movement grow and have asked, “What do […]
Tackle Inequity — Take Your Children to Work
The Huffington Post Ilene Lang and Marie Wilson April 22, 2010 Eighteen years ago, only days before the first annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day, the Ms. Foundation for Women received a call from a New York City high school teacher. The teacher said she had lined up an internship for one of her […]
By Punditry Alone?
The Washington Post Marie Wilson February 8, 2010 Sarah Palin would have to have an “extreme makeover” in political knowledge and experience to restore confidence in her beyond the conservative base. The only people who have been able to come from outside the political world (and she is now outside that world) and run have […]
The Power of Pink
January 27, 2010 By Lisa Copeland The Power of Pink has taken on a completely new meaning to me as of today. My friend and founder of The White House Project, Marie Wilson, was just named one of the “10 women to watch in 2010“. What an honor! Marie has had an incredible life and […]
How About Them Red Sox?
By Marie Wilson Huffington Post January 20, 2009 There’s a chance that all of the punditry swirling around Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts was deeply prophetic about the Democrat’s chances in the fall 2010 Congressional elections, but the death knell of Martha Coakley’s campaign might have been as simple as her comment about the Red […]
Mulcahy-Burns Transition
The Washington Post Marie Wilson December 17, 2009 I nominate Ursula Burns and Anne Mulcahy of Xerox as a leaders who exemplify the unique leadership women can bring to corporate America. In July of this year, Ursula Burns was tapped to succeed Anne Mulcahy as CEO of Xerox with Ms. Mulcahy remaining as Chairman of […]
Like Women Leaders
Believe it or not Tiger Woods is in a place very much like women find themselves when we are in leadership positions: breeches of integrity by women (of whom so much more in this area is expected) are not easily tolerated, by women or men. We are held to a higher standard as Woods will be. And though his endorsements are still largely intact, the popularity behind the Tiger Woods brand will likely continue to falter, as news about his alleged dalliances builds.
