From Take the Lead authored by Michele Weldon: “’In a century from now, in a history text book, I want 2018 to be known for the year that teenagers rocked the nation,’ writes “Kyra,” a student on Twitter with 71,000 followers. Particularly in the past few weeks, young women are expressing their power to influence […]
Category Archives: Trailblazer
She Exposed the Discrimination in College Sports Before Title IX. Now She’s a Women’s History Month Honoree
From TIME authored by Olivia B Waxman: “With March marking both March Madness and Women’s History Month, it’s a fitting time to look back at how far women’s sports have come since President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law on June 23, 1972, as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. But, though many know Title IX best […]
Firsts Women Who are Changing the World
From TIME presented by Ford: ‘She broke the glass ceiling.’ “What a jagged image we use for women who achieve greatly, defining accomplishment in terms of the barrier rather than the triumph. There she is up where the air is thin, where men still outnumber women, but where the altitude is awesome. Our goal with Firsts, […]
Celebrate International Women’s Day With Action Today Aimed For A Fair Future
From Take the Lead authored by Michele Weldon: “How will you mark International Women’s Day? We suggest spending March 8 and all week celebrating women’s economic, political, cultural and societal contributions globally by seeing where we are, where we need to go and determining how you can take the lead to get there. CBS reports […]
The CEO of KPMG reveals how she reached the top, and why women leaders need to stop being pressured to act like men
From Business Insider authored by Anna Mazarakis and Alyson Shontell: “Lynne Doughtie has spent her entire career working her way up the ladder at one company. And she’s found real success. In 2015, Doughtie became the first female chairman and CEO of KPMG, one of the big four professional services companies that other companies hire […]
Mom Owned Law Firm Interview with Alisa D. Wilkes
From My Shingle.com: “February brings more Mom-Owned Law Firm Profiles — where we celebrate mom lawyers who have chosen to own, not loan their talent. Today, we feature Alisa D. Wilkes one of the owners of Wilkes & Mee in Jacksonville, Florida. Wilkes is an example of the proverb that it’s never too late: Wilkes didn’t even […]
‘Vote for Woman’: How Africa Got Its First Female President
From The Atlantic authored by Anna Diamond: “In the fall of 2005, for the first time after a brutal, 14-year civil war that had ended two years before, Liberia held national elections. The November 8 runoff offered voters two choices: George Weah, a famous footballer with little education or government experience, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a […]
Sherry Johnson was raped, pregnant and married by 11. Now she’s fighting to end child marriage in America
From CNN authored by Moni Basu: “In Florida’s halls of power, Sherry Johnson is somewhat of an anomaly: a black woman who grew up destitute and survived child abuse. Her story is shocking. Raped at 8 and pregnant at 10, she was forced to marry her rapist at 11. She had to abandon high school […]
‘It’s About Making History.’ These Athletes Are Breaking Barriers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
From TIME authored by Jennifer Calfas: “Erin Jackson never expected to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The inline skater, who was accustomed to racing on wheels, had just four months of training in long-track speedskating before she hit the ice at the U.S. speedskating trials in early January. She hoped to someday […]
What A Badass Olympic Skier Can Teach Us About Work-Life Balance
From Five Thirty Eight authored by Christie Aschwanden: “Team USA has sent 20 fathers to Pyeongchang, but only one mother: Kikkan Randall. A three-time winner of cross-country skiing’s World Cup sprint title, Randall was part of a baby boom that happened after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when four of the sport’s top athletes took time off from racing […]
