Inspiring Women: You Are Beautiful
In one of the most famous Dove films, Real Beauty Sketches explores the gap between how others...
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Category: Great Women
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross is the star of the ABC comedy series “Black-ish” and an influential voice in the...
Read MoreGreat Women: Brigadier General Wilma Vaught
FIRST WOMEN IN HISTORY BRIGADIER GENERAL WILMA VAUGHT, USAF (1930-) One of the most highly decorated women in US History is Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught. Of the dozens of really great and interesting comments said by this...
Read MoreGreat Women: Annie Oakley
FIRST WOMEN IN HISTORY ANNIE OAKLEY (1860-1926) Annie Oakley, was born Phoebe Ann Moses, (or sometimes spelled Mosey), on August 13, 1860 in Drake County, Ohio. Both her father and stepfather died when she was about 4 or 5, and...
Read MoreDean Rachel Croson, Economic & Academic Powerhouse
Q & A Interview Dr. Rachel Croson Dean of the College of Business UT Arlington Dr. Croson, tell us about your childhood. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Los Angeles, and attended Venice High School by Venice Beach. My...
Read More“Mama Jolly”: Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Helping Ugandan Women Rebuild Their Lives
For over 40 years I have dedicated my career to nonprofits dealing with life and death issues, extreme poverty, lack of clean water, lack of health services or education. I have traveled throughout Latin America and to East...
Read MoreGreat Women in History: Mary Ann Shadd Cary
MARY ANN SHADD CARY (1823-1893) Born in Wilmington, DE, the eldest of 13 children of free Negros, (as African-Americans were then known,) Mary Ann was a role model for women in education and law. She was the second black woman...
Read MoreGreat Women In History: Martha Coffin Wright
MARTHA COFFIN WRIGHT (1806-1875) Born on Christmas Day, Martha Coffin Wright was one of America’s First Women Heroines, became an active feminist (before the term was even known), a Quaker, an abolitionist, and sister to...
Read MoreFirst Women in History: Willa Cather
Willa Cather definitely defied the norms for girls in her day and age…she cut her hair short, wore trousers, openely rebelled against roles girls were supposed to play, and became one of the first women in her time to have...
Read MoreFirst Women in History: Nellie Bly
ELIZABETH JANE COCHRAN aka NELLIE BLY (1865-1922) Elizabeth Jane Cochran aka Nellie Bly was only 57 when she died in 1922. But she packed more of life, and more headline news experiences than any ten women of her time. Today we...
Read MoreFirst Women In History: Rachel Paulose
RACHEL PAULOSE (1973 – ) We begin our new year, (2015), honoring the very first Indian American ever nominated by the President and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a U.S. Attorney, Rachel Paulose. Not...
Read MoreGreat Women In History: Jane Cunningham Croly (1829-1901)
Journalist Jane Cunningham Croly was not only a pioneer in her career in journalism but was the founder and driving force behind the American women’s club movement. In 1869, a chance occurrence sent her on an additional...
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