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Lift IOWA – Women In The News: 11-25-19

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Friends of the Animal Center Foundation (FACF) announced that Christina Kimerle has officially resigned from her nearly five-year post as executive director of the Iowa City-based nonprofit. Corridor Business Journal

Young Coe College entrepreneurs won $10,000 in prize money last week at the second-annual Kohawk Startup, a 24-hour entrepreneurship and innovation event aimed at teaching students to network, generate ideas and work in teams to turn ideas into action. Corridor Business Journal

Let your dog have fun — and learn good behavior — at the Finishing School for Dogs. Certified dog trainer Roxy Anderson has opened her school at 1804 Waterloo Road Cedar Falls. 
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Impact CB, the young professional’s group of the Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce, has elected three new women board members. Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil

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The U.S. Postal Service last week revealed several of the new Forever stamps and others to be issued next. Among them is a Forever stamp commemorating the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. USPS

It’s not just the U.S. Women’s National Team. About 200 players from the Spanish Women’s First Division agreed to strike as yearlong talks stalled over their pay, injury leave, and maternity policy. CNBC


Despite the many female MPs standing down because of harassment, a record number of women have registered as candidates for the U.K.’s general election next month. The Guardian