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Once you've had the idea to create and sell a product or service, secured the funding to begin production, and managed to launch the company, the next step is garnering the public's attention to compete in the marketplace. That's where a communications and public...

Just over a century ago, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won a seat in the House of Representatives, becoming the first woman ever elected to federal office. In 1917, 128 years after the first United States Congress convened, she was sworn into its 65th session. READ...

Twenty-three percent of entrepreneurs seeking angel investing were female in 2018, according to FitSmallBusiness.com. That number is up 19 percent from 2014. READ MORE

  Hines Hosts Tour of Williams Tower for Woodson Elementary.   Houston, TX. GHWCC member, Hines, hosted a tour of Williams Tower, global headquarters to the international real estate firm, for twenty-three fifth graders and three advisors from...

Tony AwardⓇ-winning icon of stage and screen, Idina Menzel, will headline the Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) 50th Anniversary Season Gala at The Post Oak Hotel on Saturday, March 23 at 6:30pm. READ MORE

The Katy Independent School District Education Foundation recently launched its sixth “Inspiring Imagination” teacher grant application process, which will fund Katy ISD teacher grants for the 2019-20 school year. READ MORE

An Angel Investor’s Golden Rule and the Answer Every Entrepreneur Must Know READ MORE

Houston Methodist West Hospital received Magnet recognition for nursing excellence recently, becoming one of a select group of hospitals nationally to be awarded this distinction. READ MORE

The Hilton Americas-Houston hotel is the latest downtown property slated for a multimillion-dollar makeover. READ MORE

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Everyone’s career starts somewhere, even if that somewhere is a summer gig behind the counter at Starbucks or as a server at a local diner. We spoke with three fabulously successful women about their very first jobs and how they informed (or didn’t) their current...

Women business owners can achieve so much more when we support each other. If you’re a woman entrepreneur, check out these 15 websites for women business owners that can help you start or grow your business To read more, click here. 

The 2018 World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list celebrates the icons, innovators and instigators who are using their voice to change power structures and create a lasting impact. To read more, click here. 

We’re all looking for that competitive edge -- from the new products we create, to the new talent we find, to the new markets we strive to dominate. But there’s another factor companies haven’t sufficiently explored as a means of driving growth and innovation. To read...

State Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, won the Senate District 6 special election Tuesday, finishing with just enough votes to avoid a runoff against fellow state Rep. Ana Hernandez. To read more, click here.

Emmett made the impromptu announcement after a Rice University undergraduate spoke during the public comment portion of Commissioners Court, when he encouraged her to sign up for his class To read more, click here.

The festival is open nightly through Jan. 1. The hours are Sunday through Thursday from 6-9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday and Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day from 6-10 p.m. To read more, click here. 

The University of Houston's new College of Medicine makes major progress. The College of Medicine joins the University as its 15th academic college, scheduled to admit thirty students in the inaugural class. To read more, click here.

River Oaks Chamber Orchestra presents two programs focused on works by women. The first, “Concert and Conversation,” features selections by female composers presented alongside a panel that dissects the role of women in arts leadership. To read more, click here.

Congratulations, Janette Marx! GHWCC Board Member, Janette Marx is noted as one of the "Global Power 150 - Women in Staffing, The Americas 100" in Staffing Industry Magazine! To read more, click here.

See why women need to be mentoring women to build tomorrow’s leaders and how any company can implement an effective mentoring program.

KPRC 2, the Houston Fire Department, Prosperity Bank, Katy Furniture and Goya Foods invite you to give a special gift this holiday season during our 2018 Operation: Stocking Stuffer Toy Drive.

The UK is on target to employ 1M women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) roles by 2020, according to new research from WISE, the UK STEM gender equality campaign group. The news was announced at the WISE 2018 Awards on November 15...

More than 100 women were projected to win seats in the House of Representatives, easily shattering the record. Overwhelmingly they were Democrats who helped the party take control of the chamber. Women have never held more than 84 of the 435 seats in the House. With...

(BOSTON) — The latest crop of U.S. Rhodes scholars has more women than any other single class, and almost half of this year’s recipients of the prestigious scholarship to Oxford University in England are either immigrants or first-generation Americans, the Rhodes...

The number of women-owned businesses is on the rise. Four in 10 businesses in the U.S. are now majority-owned, operated and controlled by women, according to the latest State of Women-owned Businesses report from American Express. That's a total of 12.3 million...

Texas Medical Center President and CEO William “Bill” McKeon highlighted TMC’s biggest accomplishments in a downtown Houston speech Thursday and previewed major projects planned for 2019, including the groundbreaking of its TMC3 research hub. McKeon’s remarks came at...

Last weekend, the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science celebrated its 22nd anniversary during the annual "Body as a Work of Art" gala honoring Sue Trammell Whitfield. Attendees also saluted Dr. Devinder and Gina Bhatia, who received the 2018 Hearts of...

Perry Homes has shaved about $130,000 off the starting price of the houses it builds in the Harvest Green community with a new line of smaller houses on 45-foot wide lots. Harvest Green is at the Grand Parkway and Airport Boulevard in Richmond. The Houston-based...

The TUTS production is a satisfying crowd pleaser.

The results are in. The attorneys have voted! Check out the best of Texas Law here.

The most glamorous of the restaurants run by Tracy Vaught and chef Hugo Ortega, this pale, sleek room always jumps with an equally sleek international crowd jamming the high-level bar and extensive front terrace. While Mexican seafood is the theme, meat-eaters aren’t...

Every time someone asks, “Where are the women?,” Morgan Stanley hopes to be able to point to their Multicultural Innovation Lab as the answer. They’re seeing what most women know but many VCs, accelerators and investors don’t seem to understand: Women are out there,...

The good news: the fact that you're reading this article suggests that you already have the trait necessary for career growth. The better news: you can further develop it, starting right now, by merely choosing to do so. Intrigued? Great! You're on the right path, for...

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Managerial competence, expertise and a great track record are some of the key traits that can help get you promoted to the C-suite. So, too, can being well-suited to handle the pressures particular to your industry. But executives who...