Rosanne Ferreri-Feske, CEO of thenewuswoman.com, details the initiatives of her website and her opinions regarding the current status of women with a focus on effecting political change. (Personal Interview, Rosanne Ferreri-Feske, March 12th, 2009)
CEO, Rosanne Ferreri-Feske officially launched The New U.S. Woman.com on March 2nd, 2009 and is determined to change the face of CEO and effect U.S. politics. Inspired by The Women’s Institute of Policy research report, “The Challenge to Act“, Ferreri-Feske believes that focus on statistics alone will not effect change. The goal is to bring women to the tables where decisions are being made in order to improve the status of women in the U.S.
Topic: Should the new administration offer incentives for investing in women-owned businesses?
Category: Institutional (Personal Interview)
What is it? A personal interview with Rosanne Ferreri-Feske, CEO of
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Rosanne Ferreri-Feske- CEO of The New U.S. Woman. She has a background in education, corporate training, writing and editing, marketing and sales, management, and web and blog creation.
The Women’s Institute for Policy Research- published “The Challenge to Act,” which contains the message that, “Women need to reform our democracy to be more inclusive via activism.”
webindia123.com- Ferrari-Feske points to the recent loan offering system in India that is geared toward assisting female entrepreneurs.
The New U.S. Woman- The site is designed to promote and coach female entrepreneurs to effect political change.
The New Tennessee Woman- The site is designed to promote and coach female entrepreneurs so they can improve the status of all women in Tennessee.
Rosanne Ferreri-Feske was inspired by the report titled, “The Challenge to Act”, to approach improving the status of women through the unification and activism. On each of her websites she offers an immense amount of resources and information that is openly accessible for women to take advantage of .
Audience and Agenda: According to the website, The New U.S. Woman seeks to unite and promote entrepreneurism for women, so they can effect national political change and improve the lives of women and children. The work Ferreri-Feske is performing is new and different as compared with other online female networking resources. She makes her website and the information on it open and accessible to all. The inclusive nature of the website is intended to broaden the participants who collaborate on the website. The contacts of successful businesswomen on the website allow other women to learn successful entrepreneurial methods among other resources. At The New Tennessee Woman.com there is a philanthropy section where donations can be made to improve the quality of life for women in Tennessee. The five-year plan for the company is to add new state sites model on The New Tennessee Woman, promoting entrepreneurship, rather than accepting 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man.
Usefulness: During the interview, Rosanne Ferreri-Feske referred to the initiatives of loan officers in India who specifically invest in female entrepreneurs. The aim of the scheme is to inspire women to start new ventures. Ferreri-Feske would like to see U.S. banks rising to the occasion and make reasonable loans available to women seeking to start a business enterprise.
Ferreri-Feske states that policy decisions in Washington D.C. do not reflect the interests of women, even though their influence is a dominating force in the economy. 83% of all purchasing decisions are made or influenced by women.
The discussion taking place at The New U.S. Woman.com involve formulating and determining the best policies to improve the status of women. The plan is to bring these policies to Washington D.C. and present them as the voice of struggling women accross the country. U.S. politics must include the needs of women in order to improve quality of life as well as educational and training opportunities.
Works Cited:
http://www.squidoo.com/thenewuswoman
http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/I920ChallengetoAct.pdf
http://www.thenewtnwoman.com/tn_philanthropy.html
http://www.webindia123.com/finance/loan.htm
http://community.intuit.com/members/newtnwoman
Filed under: Institutional Sources, Source Notes Tagged: | Rosanne Ferreri-Feske, The Challenge to Act, The New Tennessee Woman, The New U.S. Woman
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