Lift IOWA – Women In The News: 2-10-20

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The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute has announced the program participants and mentors selected for the 2020 Community Connect program.

When Jacqueline Milian decided to open her new business, Mammitas Coffee and Flowers by Jacqueline in Iowa City, she wasn’t sure it would work. But she was excited to try.

She’s 55, a grandmother and weighs just 125 pounds. But Linda K. Smith of Iowa City can deadlift more than two-and-a-half times her own weight — a whopping 333-plus pounds to date.

Dr. Ashley Wegmann of DeWitt has been selected as the Veterinarian of the Year 2020 for Region 7 by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding International.

After winning multiple teaching awards last year, Kerisa Baedke, a Spanish teacher for Waukee Schools, traveled Washington, D.C., last week, where she was honored as one of five finalists for the top teaching award in the country.

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The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council will laud 75 companies, including Kroger, Walmart and Target, in March for a continuing push to incorporate women-owned businesses in their supply chains.

An investigation in the New York Times revealed just how misogynistic and toxic the work environment was — for employees and models — behind the scenes at Victoria’s Secret.

Movies are catching up to TV when it comes to representing women on-screen. Of the top 100 box-office movies in 2019, 43 had female leads or co-leads, 16 of whom were women of color.

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira brought down the house at the Super Bowl, where they were the first Latinas to ever perform a halftime show.

Women who wear heavy makeup may be perceived as having less human-like traits by others, according to a study published in the journal Sex Roles.