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Alyssa Oursler
Assistant editor at InvestorPlace, Gettysburg grad, hoops fan.
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What it will really take for women to advance
Change must start at the bottom — with day-to-day expectations
Women like Facebook’s COO Sherly Sandberg, with her recent book Lean In, and Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer, who moved into the corner office even as she expected her first child, continue to turn heads. And at the same time, articles calling for more women in such top positions — a shift of our minority status on Wall Street and in big business — have been more viral than cute cat videos. The approach most articles take, though, I find somewhat baffling.
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For all the seasons lost to history
Why even small-time sports matter
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Breast cancer? What’s that?
Cancer is a four-letter word, and I understand why.
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The best realization: Tomorrow won’t be any better
We live in a world of too-high expectations and too much hope
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