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    Recovering
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 5 min

    Recovering

    I apologize! It’s been way too long since I’ve written. No, I have not been abducted by aliens.
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    Born to Persevere
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Born to Persevere

    The Know Your Worth Women's Leadership Conference is coming together next Friday, October 2, for our fifth annual conference
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    Join Us!
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Join Us!

    Join us! Become a member of the Finishing School for Modern Women! We’ve revamped our memberships!
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    Discoveries
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    Discoveries

    One of my favorite things about being the Headmistress of the Finishing School for Modern Women is being able to bring people together to...
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    The Time is Now
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Time is Now

    My friend Marquetta Adkins, founder of WeKan and Camp Destination Innovation, has a saying I love, “When powerful, positive women come
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    Finding Your Purpose
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Oct 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    Finding Your Purpose

    I’ve been cleaning out my upstairs bedroom, getting ready for my sister’s visit to co-teach the Everyday Intuition class with me on...
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    You Heard it Here First
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Aug 3, 2019
    • 5 min

    You Heard it Here First

    Since you know the Finishing School for Modern Women, you're getting the exclusive on this year's Know Your Worth Women's Leader
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    Conversations of Color
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    Conversations of Color

    My friends Marquetta and Nina are always up for a conversation about anything! Some of my most impactful experiences have come from...
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    Thriving
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Mar 10, 2019
    • 5 min

    Thriving

    Talking about turning ideas into action at the EmpowerHer Conference I spent International Women’s Day, surrounded by mainly women at a...
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    Survey Says...
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jan 27, 2019
    • 5 min

    Survey Says...

    Marion City Library, located in a 1912 Santa Fe Depot One of the things I love the most about the Finishing School for Modern Women is...
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    Working Together
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jan 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    Working Together

    When I was in Chicago over the holidays, my mother told me that the Women’s March for Chicago will be called off this year. The official...
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    What Would You Like?
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    What Would You Like?

    When I started the Finishing School in September 2015, I had no idea where it would go. I started out doing classes at the Wichita Art...
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    Surviving the Adventures of Radiation Girl
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 23, 2018
    • 6 min

    Surviving the Adventures of Radiation Girl

    Eleven years ago this month, I went to the doctor to have a look at the big lump in my throat I’d discovered in May.
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    The Adventures of Radiation Girl
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 21, 2018
    • 23 min

    The Adventures of Radiation Girl

    In September 2007, I finally talked to my doctor about the lump I felt on my throat in May. It was my thyroid and it was cancer. To help...
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    Replenished and Exhausted
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 16, 2018
    • 5 min

    Replenished and Exhausted

    It’s an odd feeling, to be exhausted and replenished at the same time, yet here I am. In the past seven days I’ve been part of two incredibl
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    Celebrating Women’s Equality Day
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Sep 2, 2018
    • 5 min

    Celebrating Women’s Equality Day

    It seems amazing that less than 100 years ago, married women didn’t have the right to own property or to sign a contract.
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    Kick Ass
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    Kick Ass

    I wish I would have met Cindy Cushing Coughenour, the founder of Fearless and Female, when I was much younger. The first time I saw her...
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    So Long Jersey Girl
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jul 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    So Long Jersey Girl

    I keep thinking of things I want to invite my friend Sharon to do with me. She’s one of those people who I can always count on to go with...
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    Conversation to Action - Initial Results
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • Jun 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Conversation to Action - Initial Results

    On Thursday, June 28, 2018, the Finishing School for Modern Women, with the help of Britten Kuckelman, brought 100 women and men together...
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    Ceiling Breakers
    Headmistress Jill Miller
    • May 20, 2018
    • 3 min

    Ceiling Breakers

    Have you noticed? There’s a lot of Woman Power going on in Wichita! This makes me very happy. Maybe I’m mistaken, but I don’t remember...
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