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#1 - A Welcoming, Helpful and
Supportive Environment (July 2008)
I want to say
thank you for the honor of being the SE CT Women's Network President.
When I started my business four years ago I was looking for great
networking opportunities and came across this organization. It is so
different from the other networking groups. There is just something
about being in a room full of estrogen. The environment is welcoming,
helpful, and supportive. You all are just great.
About a month
ago I was asked to present our scholarship at University of
Connecticut at Avery Point graduation ceremony and was doing some
research for that presentation. I came across this bit of our
history on our network website.
A lot has
happened in the past 30 years and, yes, we have come a long way since
1976, the country's 200th anniversary year. In those days there were
still men's clubs which, if they allowed women in the building,
usually required women to enter through the back door or some entrance
other than the main entrance. In these clubs men were not allowed to
hang the lady's coat with his in the main coat room but the lady was
required to take her coat to the lady's coat room. Women were not
allowed in Rotary, Lions or Kiwanis. Women's service organizations
were trying to meet the need but most met in the evening not at
breakfast or lunch as did the men's clubs.
Does this
sound like the "dark ages"?
. . . . and it
was only 30 years ago!
We have come a
long way baby!
Let's have
another great year with the Women's Network!
Chris Lautz,
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