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Happy almost-4th of July! The team and I debated whether anyone would still be on email by the time this note hits your inboxes, but for those of you who are still logged into your devices, (a.) I’m right there with you and (b.) I thought some counter programming might be nice. This newsletter, therefore, will be light on the “news” and heavier on the “letter,” with recommendations around travel and reading that I hope you can use throughout the summer.

But first, because advertisements for “A250” are seemingly everywhere (including, in New York, on MTA bus LED boards), a word on our nation’s 250th birthday and the role of women. If you’ve been reading the various Forbes 250 lists we’ve been publishing over the last six months—or just reading ForbesWomen—you know that women have had a foundational role in the........

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