Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 100 Women Leaders in Real Estate of 2021. These leaders are recognized for going above and beyond their pursuit of real estate excellence, paving the way for future female leaders in the industry. For many centuries men had historically dominated the field until the past century where women now represent the majority and are advancing into leadership positions across the nation…
Last week, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith as well as Representative Angie Craig announced plans for a new program to fix the gaps that COVID-19 has revealed in the U.S. food supply chain. Approximately $1 billion in funding will be released to support farmers and facilitate the repair of the supply chain…
Last year, when the Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ individuals were protected under federal laws from job discrimination, Beth Ford celebrated, with many others, the future of her community. She was quick to recognize the lifetimes of hard work that made the ruling possible, and told Forbes that her “career trajectory has been supported by a community…
Ronda Rousey, one of the most recognized names in wrestling, came to her love of mixed martial arts (MME) honestly—her mother was a decorated judoka, and the first American to win the World Judo Championship. This happened a few years before Rousey’s birth, in 1984. Rousey had several hurdles to jump over in her early years…
A quick Google search for Miho Imada offers pictures of a 1,000-watt smile backed by the type of direct, strong gaze that leaves you waiting for instruction. One quickly gets the impression that the diminutive Imada never once backed down in her quest to produce a competitive, quality product in a male-dominated industry within a largely patriarchal society…
Martha McSally is a bit of a contrarian—but one would likely have to be in order to negotiate against predictably unpleasant push-back to become the Air Force’s first female combat pilot. Lt. Col. McSally also holds the title of first Air Force servicewoman to serve as the commander of an aviation squadron, whether it be bombers or fighters…
When asked to describe Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland’s longest-serving MP and first lesbian PM, her then-rival Baldvin Hannibalsson thought for a moment before concluding that she was a focused, single-minded loner. Through that lens, her campaign slogan “Minn tími mun koma!” (Icelandic for the triumphant “My time has come!”) rings right on the money…
Born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, Gwynne Shotwell was the daughter of a brain surgeon and an artist. This perfect union of due diligence and creativity paved the way for the academically gifted Gwynne to excel throughout school and eventually oversee 10,000 employees in a future-minded private company worth $74 billion…
Anne Hidalgo comes from a long line of socialists in Spain, from which her family fled to escape political persecution. Hidalgo, who now holds dual French and Spanish citizenship, was born in Cadiz, Spain, but has lived in Lyon, France since she was a young girl. Hidalgo has held office as the mayor of Paris since 2014, over which period of time she has met plenty of challenges…
Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold spent her formative years in the Pittsburgh area, moving out of her parents’ house as a teenager and hitchhiking down to Washington, DC to participate in anti-war protests. To support her independent lifestyle, she moonlighted as a cab driver and cocktail waitress at a local jazz club in the evenings while still attending high school by day…
