Makers

3 weeks ago | makers.com | Madeline Mitchell

Katherine Gotthardt's husband retired last year, but she doesn't think she'll ever be able to join him. Gotthardt, 55, works part time at a community newspaper in Virginia for $18 an hour. She also freelances. Gotthardt's husband thinks his retirement pension and savings could support the household, which includes an adult son with autism, she said. But she's not so sure. "He wants to be able to provide for me," she said.

4 weeks ago | makers.com | Ramon Vargas

Patricia Clarkson, who portrays late equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in a biopic released this week, has a wish. The Oscar-nominated actor hopes her fellow American women collectively withhold sex from their partners – especially men in power – if the second Trump administration’s assault on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives ever takes aim at the gains won by the subject of her new film.

1 month ago | makers.com | Kimmy Yam

WNBA legend Sue Bird was named the first managing director of the dominant USA Basketball Women’s National Team, taking one of the most “no win” jobs on the sports planet, the program announced Thursday. The five-time gold medalist Bird, 44, will be the first person to hold the position in the team’s nearly half-century history, picking American coaches and players for major international contests. “I'm excited,” Bird told NBC's “TODAY” show.

1 month ago | makers.com | Kellie B. Gormly

As a mother of two, Lisa Truong’s heart went out to the moms in her community who couldn’t provide for their babies. So she founded Help a Mother Out to provide free diapers and help all mothers feel supported!What can I do to make an impact on women struggling like this in the San Francisco Bay Area? The question echoed in Lisa Truong’s mind as she watched an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show about homeless families.

1 month ago | makers.com | Peter Valdes-Dapena

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Women account for just 4% of drivers in the top professional categories of racing today. Even that represents real progress from just 1.5% a few years ago. Some of women’s success as drivers has to do with simple economics, says Aurora Straus, one of the drivers who helped start the DART Car racing team. My mother was a doctor, just like my father.