Women's History Month

As we celebrate Women's History Month, I find myself reflecting on the incredible achievements that women have made in our society. Brilliant authors, scientists, educators, politicians, and so on. But what I often forget is that even though we work in an industry that is made up so heavily of women, it wasn't always that way. 

As early as the late 1700's, women had been a part of the real estate industry, but their roles were always clerical in nature. It wasn't until the latter part of the 1800's that women slowly began emerging as sales agents and brokers. As the industry continued to grow, more and more women were finding success as Realtors®. But even with this continued success, and over 3000 female brokers working nationally, the first woman didn't become a member of the National Association of Realtors® until 1910. 

So today we recognize Corrine Simpson, a broker from Seattle, Washington who boldly stepped forward back in 1910 and in doing so helped pave the way for the over 900,000 female Realtors® that now make up 64% of the membership of the National Association of Realtors®.