On this women’s day, instead of giving vague career advices and
inspirational quotes, Forbes
brings you list of 100 most dynamic,
inspiring and helpful websites for women. Turacoz
Healthcare Solutions celebrates International Women’s Day and hopes
these websites can help you and inspire you for life.
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Broads: A member’s only international network of 20,000 inspired,
empowered and connected women started by female staffers at Goldman Sachs . Nice offering of blogs from members on work-life issues.
Alexandra Levit: A
career blog by author and journalist Alexandra Levit that regularly dispenses
wisdom on all things work.
Babble: A
community for new parents with advice, recipes, news and resources, plus a
witty blog called Strollerderby.
Betty Confidential: A
fast-growing women’s site that features celebrity news and lifestyle content.
Birds On the Blog: This London blog features
career advice and breaking women’s-interest news from 11 resident bloggers (aka
“the birds”). All ad revenue from the site is used to fund the education of
5-year-old Ugandan twin girls, Princess and Perfect.
Bizzie Mommy: Very busy mom Stephanie Elie blogs about juggling her two kids and
multiple businesses.
BlogHer: The
premier women’s blog platform is celebrating its fifth year this year–and it’s
still going and growing strong.
Brazen
Careerist’s Blog: Serial entrepreneur Penelope Trunk writes
about work and life for over 40,000 subscribers. Her top piece of advice?
Control your professional identity to stay employable.
CafeMom: An
online community for moms that hosts parenting forums, games and blogs.
Care: A
community and blog for the “sandwich” generation who juggle caring for their
children, parents, pets and overall sanity.
CareerDiva: MSNBC.com career
columnist Eve Tahmincioglu blogs about navigating the job market, networking,
negotiating and more.
Catalyst: This
website by nonprofit group Catalyst hosts research about women in business and
an insightful blog, Catalyzing.
Common Sense With Money:
Accountant and mom Mercedes Levy offers smart advice on budgeting, saving and
where to find bargains.
Cool
Mom: TV host and pop culture writer Daphne Brogdon blogs and posts
videos to fuel the “momversation.”
Corporette: A
fashion and lifestyle blog for corporate women: lawyers, bankers, MBAs,
consultants and “otherwise overachieving chicks.”
Count Me In: This community for women
business owners offers career resources, webinars, blogs and a network for
female entrepreneurs.
Daily
Worth: A personal finance and business site for women updated daily
with money tips and blog posts. Their motto is: “We believe all women should be
in charge of their financial health.”
Dames
Bond: “When dames bond, dames thrive” is the motto of
this networking site for women in business. In addition to feature articles on
advice, it features an extensive business directory of female services and
businesses.
Deal
Seeking Mom: With five kids, Tara Kuczykowski lives on a
budget. She blogs about money-saving tricks, alerting readers to freebies,
coupons and sales.
DivineCaroline: A
curated blog platform for women, DivineCaroline hosts entertaining and
thoughtful content about work, travel, style and relationships.
Dooce: With
stunning pictures and crisp wit, mom and former Web designer Heather Armstrong
chronicles her life and the world around her.
Escape From Cubicle Nation: Career
coach Pamela Slim offers easy-to-follow marketing and business advice to help
workers funnel their passions into their work.
Families and Work: The blog from the
nonprofit group Families and Work Institute features thoughtful pieces on the
changing workplace and family structure.
Feministe: A
feminist blog that tackles gender issues with both humor and gravity.
Feministing: An
online community and blog with a feminist perspective that analyzes how pop
culture and mainstream media reflect modern women.
Frances Cole Jones: Former
nonfiction editor and career expert Jones offers business advice and tips on
workplace etiquette.
From
The Gen Y Perspective: Emily Jasper blogs about
career and workplace issues with the perceptive vantage point of youth.
Glam: This
women’s style site features beauty advice, must-have products and celebrity
fashion trends.
Healthy
Women: A go-to information source for women on all things health, with
hard medical data and breezy lifestyle articles.
Hello
Ladies: Calls itself “the intersection of feminism and life,” and
features breaking news stories, feminist essays and work-life advice.
Home-Based
Working Moms: An online community and association for
work-at-home moms with useful resources to help with the juggle.
Hybrid
Mom: This community for moms features articles and blogs on parenting
and work, as well as a digital marketplace where users can buy and sell their
products.
InStyle: The
official InStyle magazine
website provides an insider’s view on celebrity style and easy tips to get it
yourself.
iVillage: One of
the Web’s largest communities for women featuring lifestyle stories and tips
and a ton of active message boards.
Jane
Has A Job: Jane Has Job is a blog and community hub for working women in
their 20s and 30s. Their mission is to address the many challenges of a woman’s
life, recognizing that no two women are the same but do share certain desires
and concerns.
Jezebel: Owned
by Gawker Media, a must-visit blog about celebrity, sex and fashion that bites
into the media’s representation of women and critiques gender in pop culture.
Ladies
Who Launch: An active and engaging site for female entrepreneurs that
provides a resources for starting, building and running a business.
LearnVest:
Easy-to-understand financial advice, information and tools for women hoping to
take control of their financial lives.
Lemondrop: This
edgy women’s lifestyle site features posts on love, sex and beauty.
Lindsey
Pollak: LinkedIn spokesperson and Gen Y expert Lindsey Pollak blogs
about social media and work for the next generation of leaders.
Maggie
Jackson: Author and journalist Maggie Jackson posts about the balancing
acts of working parents and how technology is changing the way we live and
work.
Martha Stewart Living: The
digital platform of powerhouse Martha Stewart features inspired tips, recipes
and guides to perfecting the home.
Minti: User-generated
blogs discuss pregnancy, parenting, childhood and education.
Modite:
Entrepreneur Rebecca Thorman writes with fury on the state of the Gen-Y
generation, women and work.
Mom
Invented: Tamara Monosoff launched this online community for
entrepreneurial moms. It supports and inspires women inventors with business
advice and product licensing opportunities.
Mommy
Tracked: This “multi-tasking” website for modern moms provides a fresh
take on motherhood with sharp columns and commentary.
Moms Rising: Members
of this “motherhood movement” take to the site to rally behind family-friendly
policies like paid sick days and parental leave, flexible work options and
quality health care.
More: The Web
presence of More magazine,
the lifestyle title for women over 40.
Motherlode: New York Times’ Motherlode blog by Lisa
Belkin tackles studies, news and first-hand insight of modern motherhood.
Ms.
Magazine: The Web presence of feminist frontrunner Ms. Magazine, the website boasts the
most extensive coverage of U.S. and international women’s issues.
Ms.
Money: A personal finance resource for women that covers everything
from investing and budgeting to debt reduction, all to give financial peace of
mind to its users.
Mystic
Madness: A blog for women that addresses personal development,
relationships and work issues through the lens of self-improvement.
On
The Job: A workplace blog from columnist and author Anita Bruzzese, On
The Job tackles outsourcing, unemployment issues and procrastination with just
the right quantities of journalism and snark.
One Louder: Microsoft staffing
manager HeatherHamilton
blogs about marketing, recruiting and corporate culture.
Oprah: It’s
Oprah–she’s everything–and her site is, too.
Our Bodies, Our Blog: A blog from the nonprofit
group Boston Women’s Health Book Collective that aims to educate on women’s
health issues through topical newsy content.
Parents Connect:
Nickelodeon’s community site for parents has the tagline “we’re not perfect,
we’re parents,” and features networking opportunities, vacation advice and a
platform to swap parenting war stories.
Pink
Magazine: The Web presence of Pink, the
national women’s magazine that addresses the needs, interests, ambitions and
accomplishments of working women.
Pioneer
Woman: Ree Drummond juggles homeschool, career and life on a ranch, and
blogs her recipes, photography and family stories. Inspiring and delicious.
Protocol School: From
etiquette expert Diane Gottsman, the site is a resource for manners and
protocol in business. Gottsman says, “If you think business and manners don’t
mix, try talking with your mouth full.”
Punk
Rock HR: HR expert Laurie Ruettmann, one of CareerBuilder.com’s Top Five
bloggers, shares her insights into corporate right and wrongs–and how to get
ahead without kissing butt.
Rachael
Ray: The queen of 30-minute meals offers her unique brand of getting
things done with a smile, and her site offers advice and features culled from
her daytime TV show as well as must-cook recipes.
Real
Simple: Real Simple magazine’s
Web presence is as no-fuss and impeccably designed as the print version. Stop
here for lifestyle advice from these organizing, cooking and DIY experts.
Salon’s Broadsheet: The
women and pop culture blog from Salon is always entertaining and enlightening and more
than worthy of a bookmark.
Savvy
Miss: A community for “real” women who are curious, fun-loving,
philanthropic and intellectual.
Self: Self magazine’s online presence
and a destination in its own right for features and advice on fitness, healthy
eating, stress-management and quick exercise tips.
She
Finds and Mom
Finds: Buying guides from shopping experts save busy women the trouble
of pre-shopping research on must-have fashion, gifts and kid gear.
She Takes On The World: One of
our picks for the 20 best marketing and social media blogs by women this year,
She Takes On The World is an award-winning business and lifestyle blog for
women.
Smitten Blog by Glamour:
The community website of Glamour magazine,
the site features magazine content,
a blog platform and community forums on fashion, love, work issues and fitness.
Start
Up Princess: A resource for female entrepreneurs by female
entrepreneurs through education,encouragement
and networking opportunities.
Style: Vogue’s online home for fashion
news, runway shows, trends, designers and insider industry tidbits. A great
resource for women looking to update their working wardrobe, or to keep on top
of trends each season.
Team
Sugar: The parent site for all of the ‘Sugar blogs that cover all
manner of life, from work and fashion to kids to celebrities. Teamsugar is
one-stop shopping for hip female-friendly content.
Tech
Mamas: A tech blog for mamas, a mom blog for techies, this
California-based site offers advice on software, hardware and marketing for the
working-from-home set as well as marketers in the tech sector.
The
Boss Network: A community of entrepreneurial women who
support each other through conversation,online and event-based networking.
The
Bump: The Bump, from TheKnot, is a community website for expecting and
trying-to-conceive couples that offers support, advice and features to women
and their partners.
The
Football Girl: Melissa Jacobs blogs about football, “because
women love football too.” Her site features game analysis, exclusive interviews
with players and fantasy football tips for women.
The
Glass Hammer: An award-winning blog and online community
created for women executives in finance, law, technology and big business.
The
Juggle: WSJ.com’s The Juggle blog provides news and views on work,
caregiving and time management for working parents.
The
Knot: A community website for engaged or recently married couples that
offers wedding advice, registry information and planning features for women and
couples.
The Nie Nie Dialogues: The
world has been watching Stephanie Nielson as she’s raised her family of four
and miraculously recovered from a plane crash that burned 83% of her body. We
can’t stop watching.
TheBloggess: Jenny
Lawson blogs about sex, love and motherhood, and whatever else comes to mind.
Total Leadership: Stew
Friedman blogs for Total Leadership on improvement in all domains of life–work,
home, community and self, advice all women can take to heart.
WAHM: An
online magazine and resource for work-at-home mothers that includes features
and advice on finding work, self-marketing and keeping the kids busy while you
freelance.
WFN: The
blog of Boston College’s Alfred P. Sloan Work and Family Research Network is a
destination for information on work and family balance and features articles on
public policy and evidence-based information on workforce issues, talent
management and the impact of work and family issues on business.
Woman’s
Day: Woman’s Day is one of
the most popular women’s magazines on the newsstand and the website follows in
its footsteps, providing thorough content with a particular slant towards
recipes and home life.
Women Entrepreneur: The
female arm of Entrepreneur.com, this site is a resource for current and
aspiring women business owners, featuring in-depth profiles of success stories
as well as up-to-date advice on funding.
Women
For Hire: A hub of recruitment services for women, this site offers career
expos, blogs and feature articles as well as an online job board that connects
leading employers with professional women.
Women
On Business: The goal of Women on Business is to expand the
international network of businesswomen online by promoting conversation on
common issues. It was founded by writer and consultant Susan Gunelius.
Women Success Coaching: A blog
from success coach Bonnie Marcus, Women’s Success Coaching weighs in on the
many building blocks of empowering women in business, from assertive
communication to self promotion to sensitivity training.
Womenetics: A
networking platform for professional women that features daily content on
business and personal relationships.
Women’s
e-News: A nonprofit news service covering issues of concern to women and
their allies and provides a woman’s perspective on changing public policy.
Women
Fitness: Aims to improve women’s nutrition and activity levels. “Wanting
to look and feel good may feel shallow,” they say, “but if it means reducing
body fat and building toned muscles, it’s a truly wonderful thing.”
WomensForum: As one
of the first online women’s communities, it still boasts 8 million page views a
month as a destination for working women.
Work
Happy Now: A blog and newsletter from career coach Karl Staib, WHN focuses
on developing career “superpowers” to find the job that’s right for you.
Work
It Mom: A community and blog for working mothers. Their philosophy is
that if mothers share their experiences with each other, working women can
successfully juggle career and family.
Work
Life Fit: Resource for work life fit and flex scheduling for organizations
and individuals.
Working
Mother: The web presence of Working
Mother magazine, the site features articles on the intersection of
parenting and professional life.
Works
by Nicole Williams: Author Nicole Williams
curates WORKS, a resource for young professional women with a sophisticated
voice.
WowOwow: WowOwow
is a daily blog and newsmagazine written by an A-list cast of female writers
and entertainment icons who share their opinions on news and women’s issues.
Yahoo!
Shine: A women-only curated blog platform that serves up career advice,
style tips, whatever’s-in-your-fridge recipes and pithy takes on current
events.
