Singer Ashanti featured in EBONY's Annual March Women's Issue

Jet, March 3, 2003

During the month of March EBONY takes time out to salute-Sisters across the nation who are at the top of their game in world of entertainment, politics and corporate in the Annual Women's Issue.

At 22 singer/songwriter Ashanti Douglas, known to millions of her fans as simply Ashanti, has captured the attention of the music industry with her chart-topping, self-titled debut CD within the first week of its release.

In the cover story "Ashanti Takes Charge On Her Way To Stardom," the New York native sheds light on her career and the ups and that go along with fame. "It took me nine years to get where I am," says the princess of hip-hop soul. "This was not an overnight thing. It took a lot of work."

The March issue also profiles Justice Leah Ward Sears, WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, Music Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson and others in "Sisters In The Spotlight: 9 Special Women Who Are Making News, Making History & Making Their Own Statements."

EBONY offers some helpful advice to the "woman with a little fire in her belly" on ways to show your mate your softer side in the article, "Who Says Sisters Can't Be Nice? Softness For Tough Girls." Another interesting relationship story is "The Dating Dilemma: Who Should Pick Up The Check?"

It's been almost a year since Halle Berry became the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for a leading role. But have things really changed? Read "After Halle's Oscar: Why Black Actresses Still Can't Get Any Respect In Hollywood" to find out.

Also featured in the March Annual Women's Issue are the articles "Networking For Fun, Power And Profit" and "The Debate Continues: Older Women/Younger Men."