Funeral Divas

From Slate.  The steadily and relentlessly evolving demographics of death care.

http://www.slate.com/id/2289454/pagenum/all/#p2

How women are returning to the death care industry in droves.

By Vinnie Rotondaro Posted Friday, March 25, 2011, at 1:34 PM ET

In October 2010, Muneerah Warner founded Funeral Divas Inc., a social group for women in the death care industry. At the Divas' website black and pink coffin mugs, hoodies, and umbrellas can be bought, and members can enroll in a funeral director mentorship program. According to the site, the group's mission is "to encourage and uplift every woman in the funeral service industry and have fun at the same time!" So far 300 women have joined. This July many of them will be meeting in Laguna Beach, Calif., for the Funeral Divas' first-ever retreat.

A bevy of women whooping it up at a spa and resort in the golden state is hardly the image that comes to mind when one thinks of funeral work...