'Celebrating one of God's angels' as Miss Minnie turns 100
METROPOLIS, Ill. — It was a weekend-long celebration as Minnie Blackwell marked 100 years with family and friends.
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Most local governments are led by men—this Va. program is trying to change that
17 percent of city, county and town managers in Virginia are women— that’s below the national average. A training program is underway to develop leadership skills for women who work in local government.
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Woman Goes from Part-Time Waitress to Owner of Outback Steakhouse
By Victor Omondi It’s taken about 20 years of hard work for a Detroit woman to claw her way up to the top. Gretta Jackson made history by becoming the first Black woman to own an Outback Steakhouse, which she says, although hard-earned, is worth the struggle. “It makes everything that I’ve gone through, every setback every person who told me I couldn’t. Every obstacle that got in my way. Every time I wanted to quit, all of those things, it makes it so worth it,” Jackson said. It began about 2 decades ago, when Jackson got a part-time employment at an Outback restaurant. One year dow...
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Here's Why A Detroit Woman Owning an Outback is Historic
You may have heard about the woman in Detroit owning an Outback Steakhouse after working there for 20 years...but its actually a historic occasion.
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