May 2026

Every industry has a story about who gets to speak and who is expected to stay quiet. This issue is about the women who spoke anyway. Cover feature on Ashley Poklar, Clinical Director of Sentinel Foundation, on what it costs to speak for children and youth the system has failed and why staying silent was never an option The women who built the Voice of Industry in the 1840s and what their newspaper started Twelve women inventors who saw what was missing and built it themselves What women in every industry are carrying when they know something is wrong but are afraid to say it out loud The Female Voice Awards and the women and companies we honored this year What it means to give voice to those who cannot speak for themselves, and the price that comes with it