Why Supporting Women in Business Is Essential for Innovation
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As one of the few female co-owned non-alcoholic breweries in the United States, I can’t help noticing that there are too few women-owned breweries and female CEOs in the country. What makes this even more interesting is that women were in charge of fermentation and brewing during the time of the ancient Egyptians. For decades, women ran the beer industry. Yet, in current times in the United States, only 7.5 percent of brewers are female and 2 percent of breweries are owned by women. So why is there such a disparity in the beer industry?
Some scholars on this subject believe the shift was due to an association during the 16th century by a fundamentalist religious movement that accused female brewers of being witches. Whatever the reason for the decline, I believe there are things we can all do to promote…
