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- About UsThe Association of Women Funeral Directors was formed in 2008, in direct response to the growing numbers of women in funeral service. In a 2006 article, Death Becomes Her, written for the Columbia News Service; Mike Stevens wrote “Long dominated by men, the business of death is increasingly being handled by women. Last year, roughly 57 percent of new mortuary science students were women, according to the American Board of Funeral Service Education.” This article followed on the heels of a 2004 piece written for the Christian Science Monitor by staff writer Lisa Leigh Connors, Surprisingly, Women Choose Funeral Studies. Quoting Jacquelyn Taylor, executive director of the New England Institute at Mount Ida College in Massachusetts, Connors writes, “Although it’s still more common to see male funeral directors; that’s changing fast.” According to Connors, “some (female) students are career-changers looking for a more meaningful line of work. Others have simply been intrigued by the business since they were teenagers. But the bottom line for many women in the field is a deep desire to help people during an emotionally difficult time.” “Women make up more than half the students at the 54 mortuary colleges nationwide today, compared with 5 percent…
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