Fi360 The Bridge Initiative

Raising awareness and bridging the divide between the way men and women are treated and represented in the finance industry.

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"I think that the story about the financial services needs to shift just a little bit, so that the people who are coming into the industry understand it better, and we can encourage a larger pool of young people

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31st July 1923 - Stephanie Louise Kwolek, inventor of KEVLAR is born. Working at the DuPont company for more than 40 years, she was awarded the company's Lavoisier Medal. See uses below.
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#OnThisDay, 7 July 1948, the first six women are sworn into the regular US Navy. One, Edna Young, goes on to be the first Black female officer.

L-R front row: Wilma Marchal, Edna Young, Ruth Flora,
L-R back row: Kay Langen, Frances Devaney, Doris Robertson.

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#OnThisDay, 8 July 1948, Esther Blake becomes the first woman to enlist in the regular US Air Force.

#WaybackWednesday

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#OnThisDay, 7 July 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman to be nominated to sit on the US Supreme Court.

#JusticeIsAWoman #WomenInLaw

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#OnThisDay, 5 July 1957, American Althea Gibson becomes the first Black person to win a Wimbledon Singles tennis trophy.

Watch footage here: https://t.co/YiASbQD8mQ

#Wimbledon #Tennis

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Misty is so inspiring! Listen to @ajanocha17 & @aliciamader1 take you on a journey through her life: https://t.co/cRJtfuKmFG

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#OnThisDay, 1 Jul 2015, Misty Copeland becomes the first Black female principle dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

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Next, @ajanocha17 & @aliciamader1 discuss soccer icon, Megan Rapinoe. We are awed by her talent and love her determination to show the younger generation what it's like to truly live as their authentic selves. https://t.co/G26WXA0ZKb

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In our latest A Little Louder Now episode, @ajanocha17 and @TerraMcB introduce you to @aliciamader1, who you may know from our #BreakingBarriers series, and @TMKirkland7 - the people we lovingly call our work spouses.

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First up - Ellen DeGeneres. You know her from her award winning talk show and her turn as the lovable and forgetful blue fish, Dory. @ajanocha17 & @aliciamader1 give you a deeper view of her role as a barrier breaker for the #LGBTQIA community: https://t.co/gM87GJVJZv

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We are living in unprecedented times, which has encouraged us to be grateful for the the deep relationships we each have cultivated with a colleague that helps us to maintain balance no matter the circumstance.

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#OnThisDay, 30 June 1966, Pauli Murray, Betty Friedan and 26 other women founded the National Organisation for Women (@NationalNOW ) in the US.
#TimeTravelTuesday

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#OnThisDay, 24 June 1916, Mary Pickford becomes the first Hollywood star to sign a $1m contract.

#WaybackWednesday

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#OnThisDay, 23 June 1972, US President Nixon signs into law Title IX, prohibiting sexual discrimination in federally funded education programs/activities. [image is from 1979]

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#OnThisDay, 23 June 2016, Virginia Raggi takes up office as the first female Mayor of Rome, Italy.
#WomenInPolitics #WomanInPower

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#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gains her pilot's license, becoming the first civilian licensed African-American pilot in the world (Black military pilots already existed).
#HigherFurtherFaster #FemalePilots #MondayMotivation