Women are reclaiming a traditional role as many turn to work with the dead and their loved ones
Long before morticians were commonly seen in movies as tall, pale men, women were the ones who took care of someone after death. (Jolena...
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Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jul 19
13 Years Strong!
For 13 years we have advocated for you, celebrated you, taught you, encouraged you & provided professional development to you… AND we’ve...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jun 5
Young woman goes from working in hospitality to funeral home
In one of the more unusual career pivots, 25-year-old Tahlia Glatz has gone from working in hospitality to becoming one of the country's...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Mar 13
TD Jakes Stealing from an Undertaker
After 6 months of stealing messages, quotes, mocking & intimidation by TD Jakes, Sarah Jakes & other ministers from the Potters House...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Feb 6
FUNERAL INDUSTRY BLACK HISTORY!
Henrietta Duterte was the first female undertaker in the United States of America. She became an undertaker in 1858 after her husband, a...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jan 4
New Products
We are happy to announce we have new Products Available! Most Products are free with certain membership levels. If additional products...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jan 3
Funeral Diva Event!!!
Members & Friends! We are hosting our 13th Anniversary Celebration in Miami, FL on July 22, 2023. If you are interested in attending send...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Dec 31, 2022
Funeral guests are shocked to see a woman in this role, and many people ask the exact same question!
MORTICIAN shared the stunned reactions of those who found out she was a female in her field. Melissa, a funeral director said that many...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Dec 29, 2022
How one Fayetteville woman centers compassion in death!
(Regina Logan) A love for her son and the military brought Regina Logan to Fayetteville, but caring for the grieving has kept her here....
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Oct 27, 2022
The Next Generation of Morticians Is Mostly Young, Female and 'Called' to the Profession
(James Buck) From left: Keagan Livingston, Rachel Currier and Em Pariseau at LaVigne Funeral Home Assistant funeral director Rachel...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Sep 22, 2022
Why more women than men are now going to mortuary school
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Amongst plenty of job vacancies in a rigid labor market in America, there is one type of work that is garnering...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Aug 30, 2022
Ish we don't talk about!
In episode 53 of Shit We Don’t Talk About, Mia is joined by Elizabeth Meyer Karansky. Elizabeth is a thanatologist, a funeral director,...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Aug 29, 2022
A DEAD WOMAN CONSOLES HER KIN AT HER FUNERAL, THANKS TO AI
AI is promising to help us interact with the dead long after they have passed away A few hundred years ago, humans did not have pictures...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jul 13, 2022
'I'm 28 and I work in the funeral industry. Here's what I want you to know.'
When people ask me - a 28-year-old female - what I do for work, and I tell them I’m in the funeral industry, I get one of two responses....
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jul 5, 2022
A female funeral director in Darlington on the reality of her role
A Darlington woman who swapped childcare for funeralcare has explained the calling she felt to look after bereaved families in their...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Jun 20, 2022
Funeral Director Barbie
Sarah Brown-Derbah started this petition to Mattel! In the past 40 years, the number of funeral directors who are women in the United...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- May 17, 2022
I was Screaming, I Could Not Sleep,” Girl Who Landed Mortuary Job At 16 Years Opens Up
The 19-year old was just a grade 9 student at Mt Alvernia High School in St. James, Jamaica when she developed a passion of being a...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- May 14, 2022
Doula Duality: These Women Guide People Through the Beginning and End of Life
A postpartum and end-of-life doula share their experiences navigating life’s most difficult times. Heather Nischke (left), Star Turpin...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- May 12, 2022
Female Undertaker becomes cities chosen Rose
(Galway Rose Clare Ann Irwin pictured with her parents Ann and Joseph Irwin after her selection on Saturday night.) TV audiences at this...
Funeral Divas, Inc.
- Apr 19, 2022
Meet the Newcastle funeral manager and embalmer lifting the lid on what the job is really like.
Claire Roberts from Newcastle works as a funeral manager at W S Harrison & Son Funeral Directors. (Image: Dignity UK) As a funeral...
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