Following a Spark from Childhood to a Career

by Jill Hubbard Bowman on June 22, 2010

There is a common theme among many of the inspiring career women I’ve interviewed for Lookilulu.com:
They followed a spark from their childhood to find a rewarding and fulfilling  career.
For example:
Angela Adams loved doodling designs as a child.  Now she’s a famous rug and housewares designer.
Carmen Baez loved commercials as a little girl.  Now she’s [...]

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Utah Has the Nation’s Lowest College Enrollment Rate for Women

by Jill Hubbard Bowman on June 8, 2010

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ACTiVATE: Help for Women Entrepreneurs

by Jill Hubbard Bowman May 2, 2010

I recently went to a conference, Equity Matters:  The Route to NASDAQ, sponsored by  organizations that help women entrepreneurs, including Activate, Springboard and Path Forward.
The conference was filled with amazing women who have started technology companies and thrived.  These women are now giving back to a new group of women entrepreneurs.
I was excited to find [...]

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Women Should Be Limited to the Domestic Sphere

by Jill Hubbard Bowman April 15, 2010

At least, that was the opinion of several Supreme Court Justices when Myra Bradwell sought the equal protection of the 14th Amendment and the right to become a lawyer in Illinois in 1872. (Bradwell v. State of Illinois, 83 U.S. 130 (1872)).
This is one of my favorite Supreme Court opinions — not only because I [...]

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Your Body Compass: The Best Career Decision Making Tool

by Jill Hubbard Bowman April 7, 2010

Making decisions about what college to attend, what major to pick, what career to pursue, and what job to take can be hard and scary.  These types of decisions are pivitol and can radically alter the trajectory of your life.
But making important career and life decisions doesn’t have to be daunting or overwhelming.
You already have [...]

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Jill’s Story

by Jill Hubbard Bowman March 8, 2010

Thwarted.
That’s the word that best describes how I felt growing up as a girl on a farm in rural Utah.
My feelings of frustration began when I was about eight — an age when I didn’t have the knowledge to understand what I was experiencing or the vocabulary to describe it.  I just put my experiences [...]

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Julie’s Story

by Julie Simmons February 23, 2010

I was a child bride.
I got married at 19—only two years out of high school.  When I got engaged, I’d attended one year of college at Utah State University.  After my engagement, I dropped out of college.  I didn’t see the importance of college and I hadn’t decided on a major.
My sister, Jill, was horrified.
After [...]

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The Foundation of the Lookilulu Website

by Jill Hubbard Bowman January 7, 2010

There are many wonderful people who have helped create the reality of the Lookilulu website.  It started with the vision that my sister Julie Simmons and I had  to help girls see what was possible to do in the world.  We grew up on a farm in a small town in Utah, literally in the [...]

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