From Pucker Mom authored by Anna Bashedly: “Growing up, my mom was rarely “well-behaved”; she was defined by her courage, kindness and decisions to go after the life she wanted to live, instead of restricted by what was was “correct” and expected of her. She could light up any room with her alluring energy, and […]
Category Archives: Activist
Melinda Gates: The World is Finally Listening. Me too. Me too. Me too.
From Time authored by Melinda Gates: “In 1976, one year after the term “sexual harassment” was coined, the magazine Redbook reported that 90 percent of women surveyed said they’d been sexually harassed at work. Last year, the Elephant in the Valley study revealed that 60 percent of women in tech had been subject to unwanted sexual advances. It’s disheartening to think […]
The Year Women Found Their Rage
From The Huffington Post authored by Emma Gray: “A year ago tonight, I thought I was about to walk into the room where our first female president would take the stage. The energy was electric when my team and I arrived at the Javits Center in the early evening hours of Nov. 8. There was premature […]
The First Female Lawyer in America Took the Bar Illegally. A True Lady in Defiance.
From Ladies in Defiance authored by Heather Frey Blanton: “Arabella Mansfield. You’ve probably never heard of her unless you’re from Iowa, but Arabella was the first woman in America to become a lawyer. She passed the Iowa bar in 1869, illegally. Still, Arabella’s milestone proves that behind many a good woman there often stands […]
I’m 10. And I Want Girls to Raise Their Hands.
From The New York Times authored by Alice Paul Trapper: “Last year on a fourth-grade field trip, I noticed that all the boys stood in the front and raised their hands while most of the girls politely stayed in the back and were quiet. It made me upset. On the car ride home I told […]
Morning Coats and First Arguments: Female SCOTUS Lawyers on Breaking Barriers
From Law.com authored by Marcia Coyle: “For women who argue in the U.S. Supreme Court today, the clothes they wear are not much of a big deal. But when Deanne Maynard, co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Supreme Court and appellate practice, was a new lawyer in the U.S. solicitor general’s office, her appearance was an […]
Take five: “The most effective solutions come from listening to women”
From UN Women: “Shamima Ali is a feminist activist from Fiji. She is the chairperson and one of the founding members of the Pacific Women’s Network Against Violence Against Women. She has been a Coordinator at the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre for the past 31 years. Ms. Ali has also served as a Human Rights […]
15 Things All Badass, Fearless Alpha-Women Do Differently from Other Types of Women
From iRelease : “Laurel Thatcher Ulrich once said that “Well-behaved women seldom make history,” and those words have been printed on paper and typed onto the internet millions of time ever since. Although it’s easy to take the phrase to mean mostly whatever you want, in truth, these words are meant to celebrate women who make […]
‘Flaming feminist litigator’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg sets up Supreme Court term
From CNN Politics authored by Ariane de Vogue: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg looked out at the first year law class she was about to address at Georgetown Law on Wednesday and smiled broadly after being told the majority of the class were women. “To look out a class like this is exhilarating,” the 84-year-old justice […]
Heather Heyer’s Law Firm Starts Foundation in Her Honor
From The American Lawyer authored by Meghan Tribe: “A day after the MTV Video Music Awards honored Heather Heyer, a legal assistant killed earlier this month while protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a high-powered law firm announced that it would be among the first to support her former employer in its effort establishing a nonprofit […]
