Escaping Misogyny in Georgia

Coach Donna Marie Johnson
4 min readSep 18, 2021

I was featured on TV… not for misogyny issues, but this part of my story gives more context to that TV interview feature.

Even the fact that I have to put this out there is a shame… and I hope Georgia state’s leaders are hearing me and are willing to make a plan to fix this. These old outdated laws do not make America great.

UPDATE: As of 11–21, I was hired into a temporary program for spousal caregivers to be paid for taking care of their spouses. It’s not much, but it’s better than nothing. I am grateful for this opportunity during this extended pandemic because hiring new caregivers is very challenging right now (unless I was able to pay them under the table). I left recommended resources for caregivers on my blog at SpousalCaregiver.org/resources

TODAY SHOW FEATURE ON 9–18–2021

Donna Marie Johnson @LeadLikeAQueen being interviewed by Ali Vitali for the Today Show (Summer 2021)

I got to share part of my story on tv on the Today Show (aired this morning). I am pretty excited about this, and here is more context for my story.

See my article at SpousalCaregiver.org/blog

As a wife in the state of Georgia, I had no idea that what I thought I was signing up for was not what all those male lawmakers had in mind when they wrote all of those old (bad)…

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Coach Donna Marie Johnson

Podcast Host and Life Coach. Overcoming trauma as a black woman leader pursuing lofty goals. I support you to plant your seeds of transformation so you can too.