Leigh Behrens

Victims of domestic violence and rape benefit from the sale of items from The Company of Women, Inc. mail order catalogue. Office supplies, security and safety devices, travel accessories, a...

The YWCA has honored eight outstanding women with its annual achievement awards. They are: Ruth Duckworth, artist; Ellen Gordon, Tootsie Roll Industries chief executive officer; Terry Savage, financial analyst; Nancy...

How do you know that your plastic surgeon, cardiologist or other doctor that claims to be a specialist, really is board-certified? A new hotline operated by the American Board of...

Because they were separated by hundreds of miles, Martha Wiglesworth feared she`d never be able to build a strong bond her with granddaughter. ''I was feeling pretty helpless,'' says Wiglesworth,...

Two programs will afford Chicago area women the opportunity for access to the success formulas of top-achieving women through mentoring relationships. The newest is the creation of Chicago-based cosmetics and...

Stand up if you want to boost your brain power. That`s the word from the University of Southern California where research has revealed that many people think better on their...

A Chicago-area firm is among the top 10, and six more are among the top 75 most mom-friendly companies named by Working Mother magazine. Fel-Pro, a Skokie-based maker of gaskets,...

Men and women consume the same amount of dietary fats-about 37 percent of their daily calorie intake. But when it comes to fatty food favorites, they part company. Though the...

Seventh Generation, the planet-friendly products company, has T-shirts created by the Women`s Environmental Network. The shirts are green cotton, meaning that the fibers are undyed, unbleached and otherwise untreated. Part...

Perhaps a result of ''kinder, gentler'' times, the days of deliberately orchestrated business networking are on the wane. ''Hard-sell networking doesn`t work anymore,'' Jacqueline Slivko of the Financial Women`s Association...