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In this episode, we welcome Joan Bartl, a woman who doesn’t sit back (although she does “sit-in”…you’ll get the reference when you listen) when she sees something wrong in the world…she acts. Joan’s stories demonstrate what you can achieve when you have a clear sense of purpose and can inspire others to share that passion!
Joan’s story follows her path from growing up in Philly as a “normal kid”, to her first awareness of inexplicable gender role assignments, to her early adulthood in the 70’s when these stereotypes became ever more apparent.
It was then, as a young mother, she was inspired to band together with like-minded women to rail against ingrained (and to be honest, offensive) gender role models in educational materials, TV and beyond. They created a group called WOWI, “Women on Words and Images” and gained national acclaim as they fought for change. It is a great story about seeing an issue and taking action. Happily, it is a true success story and all those who have come after have benefited from these herculean efforts. I personally was amazed at what they were able to achieve…especially in a time before anything was digital or there was such a thing as the internet!
After this successful campaign, Joan continued to be driven by the desire to make things better wherever she focused her attention. Along with being a member of NOW, the League of Women Voters, Coalition for Peace Action, and the ACLU, Joan has been on the board of Womanspace for the past 18 years.
Along with all this, Joan is president of Payment Management, a national credit card processing company where she has been a trailblazer for providing payment services for small and medium sized businesses for almost 30 years. She is also Co-Director of Banking On New Jersey and serves on Governor Murphy’s Implementation Board to bring a Public Bank to New Jersey.
As you can see, Joan is a force to be reckoned with! Please enjoy our conversation!
To see the work of Joan’s WOWI group, go to https://www.womenonwordsandimages.com/
Here are other links relevant to our conversation:
Womanspace, Inc. is a leading nonprofit agency in Mercer County, New Jersey, that provides a comprehensive array of services to individuals and families impacted by domestic and sexual violence and dedicated to improving the quality of life for adults and their families. Programs include crisis intervention, emergency shelter, counseling, court advocacy and housing services.
https://www.paymentmgmt.com/our-team
Payment Management is a partnership of payment card industry professionals with extensive experience in providing the very best payment service programs to businesses of all sizes. Our hallmarks are true personal service with exacting attention to detail providing each business with the ability to be free of concern about their payment services program.
