About National Business Womens Week

About National Business Womens Week About National Business Womens Week What is National Business Womens Week? According to Cheryl Grazier, executive director of the Missouri Business Womens Council (2002), the purpose of National Business Womens Week is to recognize women who have been the cornerstone of working in business in the United States in the past and to examine how far women in business have come. When is National Business Womens Week? Since 1938 National Business Womens Week has officially been celebrated the third full week in October of each year. When Did National Business Womens Week Begin? The first observance of NBWW was April 15-22, 1928. The first NBWW began with a nationally broadcast speech by Lean Madesin Phillips, the president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Womens Clubs (NFBPWC). Although Phillips launched the first NBWW event, the idea for NBWW should correctly be attributed to Emma Dot Partridge the executive secretary for NFBPWC (1924 through 1927). Phillips stated in her speech NBWW was created to focus public attention upon a better business woman for a better business world. NBWW Trivia U.S. President Herbert Hoover was the first president to issue a letter recognizing NBWW and the contributions and achievements of workingwomen. More Ways to Recognize Women Business Owners and Working Women Acknowledging the many important economical and advancement contributions from small to large made by women is an important step towards creating better gender diversity in boardrooms and the corporate world. One of the ways in which we can recognize working women and female entrepreneurs is by celebrating National Business Womens Week (NBWW) but there are other national recognition events in which women can also be acknowledged. In additional to NBWW, women can also be recognized during National Small Business Week. In 2010, women business owners were recognized in 24 states as Small Business Persons of the Year. National Small Business Champion Awards are divided into the following categories in which woman who standout have the opportunity to be recognized and rewarded for their achievements: Entrepreneurial Success WinnerFinancial Services Champion of the YearHome-Based Business Champion of the YearMinority Small Business Champion of the YearVeteran Small Business Champion of the YearWomen in Business Champion of the YearSBA Young Entrepreneur of the YearExporter of the YearJeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year Why Wait? Any day is a good day to support business women.   You dont need to wait for NBWW or National Small Business week simply by offering women equal opportunities, training, advancement as their male counterparts enjoy is perhaps the best way to help women achieve even greater success.