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Take Your Daughter to Work Day® Turns 10

Thursday, April 25, 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of Take Our Daughters To Work Day. Make the initiative to plant the seeds for opportunity at home, at school, or in your workplace. Why not set aside 24 hours to help celebrate a girl’s self-esteem, increase her sense of opportunity, and develop professional insights that will last a lifetime?

Thursday, April 25, 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of Take Our Daughters To Work® Day. Make the initiative to plant the seeds for opportunity at home, at school, or in your workplace, because:

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56% of girls said that it is true that “girls are expected to speak softly and not cause trouble.” (Girls Incorporated, Taking the Lead: Girls’ Rights in the 21st Century, 2000)

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Women in financial services say lack of mentoring in the workplace is the leading barrier to women’s advancement in their field. (Catalyst, Women in Financial Services: The Word on the Street, 2001)

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One in three (34 percent) full-time women workers earn less than $20,000 a year, compared with only one in five (19 percent) men. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, P60-201, Money Income in the United States, 1998)

As for your sons, teach them that a true gentleman respects a woman for both her equality and uniqueness… hold that door open!

–April 19, 2001

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