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Our work is driven by our values
Everyone who works for the City of McKinney possesses intangible qualities like dependability and a strong work ethic, but we have something else, too. It's our employee-driven value of Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence (R.I.S.E.). Our employees work hard, have fun and genuinely love providing great customer service.
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Students would do well to meet three women who have found success in the rubber industry. This program profiles Catherine Dupont, an extruder operation manager in charge of an automotive rubber production line; Michelle Hennessey, a tire builder who also functions as a rotating safety monitor; and Nathalie Leger, a production specialist involved in several phases of the rubber manufacturing process. Interviews with co-workers and supervisors help...
7) Double victory: how African American women broke race and gender barriers to help win World War II
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[2013]
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English
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An account of the lesser-known contributions of African-American women during World War II reveals how they helped lay the foundations for the Civil Rights Movement by challenging racial and gender barriers at home and abroad.
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[2014], c2012
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English
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Whether they are French, Japanese, Russian, Chinese Indian, Brazilian, Tunisian...their individual life stories - personal or professional - are an indicator of the progress that has been achieved in just one generation. So, how to grab these new opportunities and carve out a new place in society? How to have a rewarding career and not sacrifice personal aspirations in a world that is not quite ready yet to accept this new place women have claimed?...
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[2023]
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English
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"From corsets to crime fighting, Mae Foley challenged the patriarchal status quo by not only juggling family life, but also by forming the first female auxiliary police force in the City That Never Sleeps. After the 19th Amendment passed in 1920, Foley galvanized 2,000 women to join her "Masher Squad" and eventually became one of the first sworn officers with the NYPD. The "Masher Squad" brought down robbers and rapists, investigated the notorious...
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2022.
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English
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"The founder of Girls Who Code and ... author of Brave, Not Perfect confronts the 'big lie' of corporate feminism and presents a bold plan to address the burnout and inequity harming America's working women today ... Through powerful data and personal narrative, Saujani shows that the cost of inaction--for families, for our nation's economy, and for women themselves--is too great to ignore. She lays out four key steps for creating lasting change:...
12) Maria Isabel
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Pub. Date
2006.
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Español
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When Maria Isabel, a beautiful, kind-hearted Native Mexican girl who is faced with the responsibility of raising an orphaned child, finds employment at the home of Ricardo Mendiola, her life begins to take dramatic turns that she never expected.
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[2013], c2012
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English
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Do male managers discriminate against women when filling open executive positions-or do women lack the ambition to strive for a spot at the top? In this program successful businesswoman Hilary Devey investigates the range of factors that are thought to be holding women back. Devey looks at unconscious bias in recruitment and promotions, finds out why women tend to be bad at requesting pay raises, and asks stay-at-home mothers whether they are content...
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[2005], c1987
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English
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This program examines the pressures facing working women with small children: salaries too low to pay for proper care and supervision of their children during the work day, inadequate or unavailable child-care facilities, little or no help with household maintenance. The locale of the program is Dallas, but the experiences are national.
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[2013], c2012
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English
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An article on balancing career and motherhood has drawn nearly a million views online and sparked a bigger debate about the role of women in the work force. NewsHour correspondent Judy Woodruff discusses the subject with Anne-Marie Slaughter, Monica Olivera of MommyMaestra, and Naomi Decter, vice president of the public relations firm, Beckerman.
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[2013], c2010
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English
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The pay gap between men and women has long been a fact of life, but the tide may be turning. This ABC News report finds that one group of women are doing better than others. Women under the age of 30 who are not married and have no children earn up to eight percent more than their male counterparts.
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[2008], c1987
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English
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Where prestige as well as income are the goals, women are not only denied equal pay for equal work, but are, much more often than not, denied the opportunity to show what they can do; or, having the opportunity, are unable to perform adequately because of the clubhouse mentality of their male colleagues. The solution for a growing number of women executives: start their own businesses.
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[2013], c2012
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English
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The Supreme Court's 2011-2012 term was dominated by high-impact decisions on health care, immigration, criminal sentencing, and more. NewsHour correspondent Judy Woodruff looks at how it all played out and examines the historical significance with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal and presidential historian Michael Beschloss. Origina?
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[2013], c2013
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English
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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, has some advice for women in the workplace: get over the need to be liked. This ABC News report talks to Sandberg about why women still have problems becoming as successful as men. She acknowledges the fact that strong, confident women are still seen as "difficult" and "bossy," while men with the same attributes are respected and liked by both men and women. The conclusion Sandberg comes to is that if you have something...
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[2006], c2005
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English
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Warren Farrell protested alongside Gloria Steinem in support of women's rights and was even elected to the board of NOW-three times. But Farrell is also the author of Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap-and What Women Can Do About It. In this brief ABC News segment, John Stossel considers the opposing views of Farrell and Martha Burk, chair of the NCWO and author of Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What...
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