I love reading other financial blogs, and like most everyone else here, I initially stumbled upon the idea of financial independence through a couple of those blogs. I think the online space is just incredible for motivation and finding a community of like minded individuals who cheer when you write about running to work on dark rainy mornings or line drying our laundry in order to tread lightly on the planet and to reach big financial goals.
A few months ago though, I was reading through a list of personal finance bloggers and there was literally one female listed. When someone asked in the comments below, this blogger said he didn’t know any others, which is absolutely crazy, because there are so many fantastic women in this space.
There is also a huge list of male financial bloggers, especially, male (software) engineers, starting with the original Mr Money Mustache. I think part of the reason stereotype of the white male tech FIRE blogger persists so strongly is because that is who first kicked off the movement in a big way, but it’s also more than that. When it comes to finance in general, that’s the default expectation across the board (except for maybe the specific career choice).
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But not everyone who is interested in finance independence (and early retirement) are men with huge salaries, and I think it is so important to read different perspectives than fit in that narrow box.
Millennial Boss has a great list of FIRE bloggers who are not male engineers, which is awesome for those of us who don’t make the big bucks and can’t possibly save 90% of our incomes. If you haven’t read this list, I would highly recommend checking out everyone on that list.
However, I’ve yet to see a specific list for the women, so I’ve decided to put one together here. I lived in a very progressive sorority at my liberal arts college as well as playing on the varsity softball team, and I know firsthand the power of a supportive and encouraging group of women. The female personal finance community feels very similar in this regard. The women here celebrate each other’s successes and empathize with the heartbreaks. I can only hope to meet many of them in real life some day.
Ps – this shouldn’t be surprising as women are overwhelmingly beginning to handle their family’s finances. The notion that men handle the money and women are just there to blow it is one that needs to finally die. These women are part of the movement that should finally change that archaic perspective.
I have plenty more to say on this topic – and maybe one day I will – but for now, go check out some of the content that has been produced by these awesome women.
And then go and read this follow up by Erin at Reaching For FI for a behind the scenes look at what it took to create this list, as well as the amazing and disappointing things that have come out as a result. And a year later, I’ve written a follow up to this post: The Year of Women in the Financial Independence Community – so many amazing things happened for women and money in 2018, and this list was just one of them.
Finance Blogs Written By Women
**I have been absolutely blown away from the response to this post and have taken some time to update the list to make it easier to find the kind of content you’re specifically interested in. With the incredible help of Erin from Reaching For FI, we have split the categories into:
- FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early)
- FIOR (Financial Independence, Optional Retirement – term coined by the wonderful Mad Money Monster)
- Debt Repayment
- General Finance
- Money Coaches
- Podcasts
- Books
DINK – Dual Income / No Kids
SINK – Single Income / No Kids
DIK – Dual Income / Kid(s)
SIK – Single Income / Kid(s)
The idea of the male financial blogger is so ingrained even in me that I had honestly expected this list to top out at around 30 – it has now morphed into over 100. It goes to show how deep that bias is, even when you think you are aware of it. (This list will be updated regularly as I learn about new and amazing women who are writing and speaking in the personal finance arena online)
FIRE – DINK
- A Purple Life
- All Options Considered
- Debt Free In Sunny CA
- Fetching Financial Freedom
- From One Geek to Another
- His and Her FI Post
- Kiwi And Keweenaw
- Millers on FIRE
- Our Next Life
FIRE – SINK
- Amanda Page
- Disabled Girl on Fire
- Fiery Millennials
- Financial Mechanic
- FIRE For One
- Frugality and Freedom
- Good Life. Better.
- Late Starter FIRE
- Military Dollar
- Millionaire on the Prairie
- Owning The Stars
- Partners In FIRE
- Radical FIRE
- Reaching For FI
- Recovering Women Wealth
- Well And Wealthy
FIRE – DIK
- A Gai Shan Life
- Frugal Asian Finance
- Frugalwoods
- Genymoney.ca
- Life Zemplified
- Millennial Boss
- Modest Millionaires
- Mom Money Map
- Northern Expenditure
- The Frugal Cottage
- The Frugal Gene
- TuppennysFIREplace
FIRE – SIK
- Burning Desire For FIRE
- Eat Sleep Breathe FI
- Little Miss Fire
- Love To Frugal
- Modern Fimily
- One Frugal Girl
- Stepping Stones to FI
FIOR – DINK
FIOR – SINK
- A Chat With Kat
- Along the Camel Ride
- Budget X Babe
- Cash for Kat
- Champagne & Capital Gains
- Hong Kong Dividend Stocks
- Rich and Resilient Living
- The Luxe Strategist
- Walking to FIRE
- We Want Guac
FIOR – DIK
- Chief Mom Officer
- Financially Intentional
- Freedom FIter
- Handful of Thoughts
- Mad Money Monster
- Mama Fur Fur
- Money For The Modern Girl
- Our FI Nest
- Poorer Than You
- Savvy History
- She Picks Up Pennies
- The Leveraged Mama
- The Three Year Experiment
- Tread Lightly Retire Early
- Un Pais Libre
FIOR – SIK
Debt Repayment – DINK
Debt Repayment – SINK
Debt Repayment – DIK
Debt Repayment – SIK
General Finance – DINK
- Baby Boomer Super Saver
- Bitches Get Riches
- Cash For Tacos
- Elementum Money
- Every Day by the Lake
- Fin$avvy Panda
- Half Banked
- I Like To Dabble
- Make Real Cents
- Making Sense Of Cents
- My Fab Finance
- My Life, I Guess…
- My Sense with Cents
- Science Finance
- Smile & Conquer
- Tenacious Feminist
- This Financial Wife
General Finance – SINK
- A Lawyer and Her Money
- Fitnancials
- Frugalish Physician
- Goodbye To Broke
- I Pick Up Pennies
- Mint Notion
- Money The Wright Way
- My Twenty Cents
- The Wallet Moth
General Finance – DIK
- A Dime Saved
- Brave Saver
- Frugal Overload
- Graduated Learning
- Her Money Moves
- Kassandra Dasent
- Mixed Up Money
- Money and Mountains
- NZ Muse
- Oscoey
- Saving Whiz
- The Budgeting Wife
- The Financial Graduate
General Finance – SIK
Money Coaches
- Bravely
- Budget Like A Lady
- Debbie Sassen
- Dr Jenn MD
- Dumpster Dog Blog
- Elizabeth Starr Harden
- Emily Guy Birken
- Family FI Life
- Firebird Finance
- Her First $100K
- Money School
- Money Smart Latina
- Money Tree Academy
- Moriah Chace
- The Budgetnista
- The Master Playbook
- Your Financial Launch Pad
- Your Money, Your Life Financial Coaching
Podcasts
- Afford Anything
- Be Wealthy & Smart
- Clever Girl Finance
- Everyday Courage
- FIRE Drill Podcast
- HerMoney
- Jessica Moorhouse
- Journey To Launch
- Martinis and Your Money
- Michelle Is Money Hungry
- Oh My Dollar
- So Money
- The Fairer Cents
- The Money Nerds
Books
- AgeProof, Money Rules, and Women With Money Jean Chatzky
- Broke Millennial and Broke Millennial Takes on Investing by Erin Lowry
- Clever Girl Finance by Bola Sokunbi
- End Financial Stress Now and The 5 Years Before You Retire by Emily Guy Birken
- Financial Fitness: 21 Easy Exercises To Get Your Personal Finances In Shape Fast! Dr. Vi Scott
- Happy Go Money Melissa Leong
- How to Be a Financial Grownup by Bobbi Rebell
- Kids Money Habits by Amy Koit
- Meet The Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames
- Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk by Cameron Huddleston
- Operation Enough: How to Retire Remarkably Early Anita Dhake
- Quit Like A Millionaire Kristy Shen
- Shoo, Jimmy Choo! by Catey Hill
- Smart Mom, Rich Mom by Kimberly Palmer
- Teach Your Child to Fish: Five Money Habits Every Child Should Master Holly Reid
- The Broke and Beautiful Life by Stefanie O’Connell
- The Feminist Financial Handbook by Brynne Conroy
- The Financial Anxiety Solution by Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
- The Mindful Millionaire by Leisa Peterson
- The Money Queen’s Guide by Cary Carbonado
- The Nine Steps To Financial Freedom and Women & Money Suze Orman
- The Year of Less by Cait Flanders
- When She Makes More: 10 Rules For Breadwinning Women Farnoosh Torabi
- Work Optional by Tanja Hester (I wrote a review when it came out – check it out here)
- Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin
- Your Playbook For Tough Times by Donna Freedman
Interested in continuing the discussion? Join the Women’s Personal Finance (Women On FIRE) Facebook group.
Looking for even more financial content written by women? Check out Women’s Money Talk and Women Who Money for sister sites that are 100% for and by women.
What an absolutely wonderful post!
Thank you! I’ve been happy to see how much interest it’s gotten, but we’ve a long way to go still.
Oh wow! I’m on there… i came to check out some other bloggers for some saturday browsing…thanks for adding me! but my link isn’t working for some reason… i’m not techy…would you mind updating it to: http://www.myearlyretirementjourney.com/
Thank you!
Thanks for pointing it out! No idea why the link was broken.
apparently it needs the https://www
i don’t know how these things work.
i see a new blogger who i introduced to this page! community works! 🙂
Awesome! 🙂
Love this list! But…. I’m trying to find a blog I read for awhile, but can’t remember the name….woman, young, retired, living in NYC, husband still works, was pregnant and recently purchased home/condo, had worked in finance or wealth management—anyone know this blog?? Thanks for any help
Okay – it’s JP at The Money Habit. Added her to the list! 🙂
Thank you!!!
Thank you for putting this list together! It is really great to see more women out there in the FIRE/FIOR/finance community. I still need to follow many of these links. However, I wanted to mention a book I read recently that would be a great addition to this list: “The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness”, by Bari Tessler (http://baritessler.com/art-of-money-book-2/). It’s not specifically about financial independence (and may have a bent towards entrepreneurial types), but it deals so well with the emotional side of finance that I cannot more highly recommend it. Through reading this book I greatly increased my comfort in taking about financial things with my spouse and finally got the push I needed to start tracking spending properly.
Thank you for the book recommendation! I’ll definitely check it out.
Fantastic list and a great resource to return to time and time again!
Thanks and I totally agree! 🙂
FIOR – SIK here!!
Also loving the other recommendations – looking forward to checking some more of them out!
Will add you in the next update! 🙂
Will add you in the next update!
This post is getting bookmarked! What a great resource. I love the way you organized it as well. I know as a “SINK” FI-seeker and blogger my perspective is different from each of the others. It’s great to be able to consciously dip in and out of my particular niche. Thanks for putting this together!
Glad you found it! It’s amazing how many of us there are out there in this seemingly small space 🙂
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Thank you!
Oh, what an awesome list and I’m extra appreciative for it because it helps me find more female financial bloggers to connect with! I’m so with you on the whole, white male, software engineer financial blogger thing. YES, they have contributed AWESOME stuff to the blogosphere and have inspired parts of my own journey. But, I don’t need a “face punch” because I drove my minivan for an evening grocery run, with my little kids in tow, and hungry mosquitoes buzzing around looking for a free meal. Nor do I need to be chastised for not having a bunch of buddies over for free beer and home reconstruction/building project. The path is usually so much different for women and I’m thrilled to see more and more of us leading the way! You are awesome to make this more evident and accessible for ALL women!!!
So glad this spoke to you!! Now go join the Women’s Personal Finance group on Facebook, where you will find love and support for that minivan dinner instead of face punches ❤️❤️
The “Women on FIRE” group? Didn’t know about it and just sent in a request to join. Thank you for the tip!
It’s a seriously fabulous group! Glad you’ve joined!
Oh, and would I be a good match for the next update to your list?
Absolutely! Look at the categories and let me know where you land 🙂
Hmmmmm, I think the best fit is: General Finance – DIK. Thanks for helping me get hooked in to you and all the others.
Also, I saw you have been accomplishing a phenomenal savings rate – 44-50% is really exceptional. Well done, woman!
Updated and added you in! And thank you very much! It’s been a serious focus this past year to be sure 🙂
This is so encouraging. Go women! Thanks for adding me 🙂
So glad you started writing! Happy to add you to the list 🙂
Wow! Amazing work putting all this together and so happy to discover more women financial bloggers to connect with :). This is definitely going on my resources page!
I’d love to be added to the FIRE – DIK section :).
Thanks for the hard work that went into this!
You’ve been added! 🙂
Really good post with so much information. Thanks!
Thank you! Glad you found it 🙂
I’m grateful that ONL linked to this list today. I’m going to be spending a happy few hours checking out some blogs that are new to me.
Mr PIE and I have been writing at Plan Invest Escape on and off for a couple of years. I’d love to be added to your list, but I wonder where? We were DIK, and now we are fully FIREd with kids. One of my motivations to get back into writing more often was to represent FIRE with kids form a female perspective.
Glad you’ll be back writing from the FIRE’d perspective! I feel like there’s a lack of that in the space. Do you do the majority of the writing? I love me some duo bloggers but this list has been kept just for the ladies 🙂
Yeah, it’s a shared effort between the two of us. Completely understand if we don’t quite fit here 🙃
That’s what I thought – definitely don’t mean to exclude anyone, but this space I’ve carved out specifically for the ladies ❤️
Great list here! I agree — women do seem to be fairly under-covered in the FI community, but I believe that is changing. Thanks for highlighting these women and their great work.
It is definitely changing, and in a good way!
Fantastic list! Thank you for sharing it – now I have some reading to do! 🙂 I’d love to have my site added as well – I suppose I am a SINK since my children are grown. Or maybe SEG – Self Employed Grandma!
I think SIK still qualifies – you still have the kiddos (and now grandkiddos!) Will be sure to add you in the next update 🙂
Thanks for sharing this list! I am have started a blog myself of my journey to FI as a currently pregnant 25 year old woman.
Wonderful! Please let me know where to include you 🙂 And welcome!
Awesome list! I see a few of my favorites here, but excited to check out the rest! I would love to be added as well 🙂
Let me know where to add you and you’ll be in the next update 🙂
Well I’m married and my husband has a son, but I mainly talk about my own financial experience and don’t have any children…so we’ll go with General Finance – SINK. Thank you!
Okay, will put you there!
Such a great list, thanks so much.
I would love to be included in your next update under General Finance – DIK.
Will add you in the next update! Glad to have you 🙂
This is fantastic! I’m a SINK 😀
What category? FIRE or FIOR or somewhere else?
I would say FIRE, but FIOR is intriguing also!
I will put you in FIRE for now, and you can let me know if you change your mind 🙂
Thanks for putting this much needed list together! I’ve just started my own journey towards financial freedom, specifically debt repayment. Could I be added as DIK? Thanks!
Of course! I will add you in the next update 🙂
Thanks very much!
Hi! I’d love to be added in the next update as well 🙂 I’m technically a DINK, but doing this journey solo (so far!)
DINK, and then what category?
Ohh I just realized there’s no section on there for side hustle/income focused blogs.
General Finance, then, perhaps?
Sorry for confusing the bats out of you busy momma 😛 I think Merry for $ is General Finance DINK and I think Frugal Gene should be FIOR DINK.
I have changed my mind about FIRE big time since you wrote this post. Personal growth has pointed me to doing everything but retire. I think I’ll go nuts!!
Soooooo confused 😂😂😂
The beauty of FIRE is there’s nothing to say that you HAVE to stay retired.