Lift IOWA – Women In The News: 12-16-19

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Nominations for the annual Athena and Male Champion of Change Awards are now being accepted. Quad-City Times

After two successful years, the metaphysical supply store Dorie’s Crystals and Things, owned by Dorie Barcus, made a move to 101 Pearl St. in Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil

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A group of female pilots and flight attendants is accusing Frontier Airlines of discriminating against pregnant and nursing women, forcing them to take extended and largely unpaid leave while pregnant, and refusing to accommodate breastfeeding.Iowa Public Radio

Women founders have found funding is no picnic, despite 2019 seeing $3.3 billion go to all-women founding teams and having a record number of women-founded unicorns. TechCrunch


Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. women’s soccer team is Sports Illustrated’s 2019 Sportsperson of the Year. Sports Illustrated

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