Women

Smooth Sailing for 1st Women to Serve on Navy Submarines

24 May 2012

Two years after the Navy decided  to allow women to serve as officers aboard its submarines, the integration of women into the submarine force appears to be going smoothly. That’s the word from some of the first women selected to become “submariners,�  who say the...

Olympic Athletics History: The Last Five Women to Win the Javelin Throw

24 May 2012

The women's javelin throw made its Olympic debut at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. The great American athlete Babe Didrikson was the first gold medalist in the event. The following list includes brief profiles of the last five women to capture Olympic gold in the javelin throw:

Top women on Wall Street: Equal-opportunity axing?

24 May 2012

(Reuters) - The financial crisis and its aftermath have been brutal for Wall Street's richest and most powerful women. The latest casualty: Ina Drew, the head of JPMorgan Chase's chief investment office, who departed last week after the bank suffered mammoth trading losses. An analysis by Reuters of the proxy statements from the five largest U.S. banks shows that of the 25 executives whose pay ...