Welcome to Seawordy!
The little woman on the right is Phoebe, and she’s the star of two books and the host of a newsletter. Phoebe is our interpretation of baby boomer women – strong, capable, and with the necessary good sense of humor to get through the situations life throws at you!
Phoebe started with one little book about baby boomer women. Entitled Lest We Forget: A Salute to the Women Who Entered Corporate America Without a Road Map, this charmingly illustrated book tells of the challenges these women faced when establishing their careers in 50 short pages. Written from countless interviews, “Lest We Forget” has quickly developed a broad appeal. It has been nominated for an Amelia Bloomer award, and has led to numerous glass ceiling presentations at women’s initiatives.
From Children of the Gender Revolution, a study of 18 to 30 year olds by NYU sociologist
Kathleen Gerson, Ph.D.:
“Young women now assume they will have long careers, egalitarian marriages, and children. But while some things have changed, others have stayed the same, and corporate America simply has not caught up with the times. Not only has there been little movement to create new work structures that fit more easily with family responsibilities, but most major companies offer true equal opportunity only to women who are single-minded workaholics.”
To read more about this delightful book, click on the image to the left.
“For any woman who came through the corporate ranks in the 60s, 70s and in many cases the 80s, Lest We Forget, written and illustrated with gentle but subtly biting humor by Louise Rothery, will bring laughter and tears. And for our younger corporate sisters who take so many things for granted – this is how it was!”
— W. Ampolsk, Amazon 500 Reviewer
Musings from Phoebe – Our newsletter
We’ve created a newsletter in response to Phoebe’s popularity. Each issue addresses a topic of interest to women, and includes an interview with an accomplished and thoughtful woman on that topic. We have interviewed the creator of the “Go! Go! Sports Girls!” dolls, a psychologist specializing in eating disorders, the owner of a consulting company, and many others.
Click here to subscribe to “Musings.
Seawordy Gifts
Okay, so we’re creative, and wanted to take our wordsmithing to some gift products. We’ve created some cool items:
- A lovely Note in a Bottle, for instance, that you can use for a special message, as an invitation for a seaside
wedding or cocktail party, or the best thank you note ever. - A small ocean-smoothed rock, inscribed “You Rock”, a perfect pocket charm.
- A handy dandy two pocket tote bag, with two hilarious nonsense nautical phrases printed on the pockets –
guaranteed to get a smile!
Others will come, and more books, too. We’re working on it.