119. Women Starting Over—Coming Back After a Money Crisis

“After marrying and raising a family, I went back to school to study business. I was surprised by the many women—often well educated—who were amazed that I understood finance and accounting. They were frightened, facing divorce or money crises, and desperately needed practical financial guidance.”

“One day in a graduate accounting class, looking at my notes, I said, ‘I don’t just want to reconcile corporate accounts all my life. There must be something more.’ Talking to many women facing financial crises—and my own divorce—I came to a decision: to teach women how to manage their own finances.”

As the flight attendant instructs us about sudden loss of cabin pressure: put on your own oxygen mask first. It’s the same in life, especially for women. Put your own needs first. No one else will. When you don’t, it leads to frustration and fatigue, and benefits no one.

Financial Literacy for Women: Helping Women Help Themselves, by Oraynab Mohamad

Starting Over: A Practical Guide For Women After A Money Crisis, by Oraynab Jwayyed 

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg 

For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women, by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English

What I Know Now – Letters to My Younger Self, by Ellyn Spragins