Women’s History Month with Nicole Caporale
From March 1st to the 31st, Women’s History Month is used to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments women have had towards society, culture, history, and more. Since 1999, MC²’s workforce has experienced its fair share of exemplary female figures that have excelled and played a significant role throughout every department from Creative and Marketing to Sales and Operations.
To celebrate the women of MC², we’ve compiled a series of employee spotlights recognizing some of our female voices that influence our industry’s landscape on a daily basis.
Kicking off today’s spotlight is Nicole Caporale, Account Director out of our Paramus, NJ headquarters.
Q: Let’s start off with the basics – what is your name and title?
Nicole: My name is Nicole Caporale and I’m an Account Director with MC².
Q: Name one woman you look up to and why.
Nicole: I look up to the women in my family – my grandmother, my mother, and my two older sisters. We were raised by strong women and we are strong women.
Q: What’s the best part of being a woman?
Nicole: The best part of being a woman is that I am both soft and strong – a combination which I’ve mastered (laughs)!
Q: What does gender equality mean to you?
Nicole: Gender equality means that we need to remember who we are and to forget who they told us to be.
Q: What has history taught us about women?
Nicole: History has taught us that we need to give women the freedom to make their own choices.
Q: Tell us about your favorite female TV leads? It can be a fictional character like a cartoon, actress, director, musician, etc.
Nicole: My favorite TV character growing up was Ginger from Gilligan’s Island. She was always extra and so am I.
Q: What’s something that female youth do today that you cheer on?
Nicole: Their voices! The younger generation are being heard and they are continued to change the world.
Q: What’s the best way to celebrate women all year long?
Nicole: The best way to celebrate women is to encourage, support, and empower each other.
Q: If you could grant all womanhood one superpower, what would it be?
Nicole: The superpower that I would grant to all women is confidence. The biggest step to self confidence is to do exactly what you’re afraid to do.
About Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.
Want to learn more?
To learn more about Women’s History Month and what you could do, visit https://womenshistorymonth.gov/
