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In 1989 Tracy Edwards leads the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race, a grueling yachting competition that covers 33,000 miles and lasts nine months. If you want to get an idea of how women, their lives and
Two unlikely women to feature in this week’s blog. Both brilliant! Karen Uhlenbeck is an Abel Mathematician Prize recipient, the math equivalent of the Noble. Temple Grandin was the subject of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning semi-biographical film Temple Grandin. Karen
We’ve now heard the stories of “Hidden Figures,” the women who helped get the men to the moon. And I’ve told the heroic stories of the WWII nurses and women pilots who stepped up in times of crisis. This is
Think women are just starting to run for president? Think again! Back in 1872 Victoria Woodhull ran on the Equal Rights Party ticket, with Frederick Douglas for VP. Victoria was a strong candidate for this progressive party; she stood for
https://www.history.com/news/the-angels-of-bataan-and-corregidor-70-years-later These women come from the same stock as those before them, those who came to America for a better life, who crossed the oceans, prairies and mountains in search for freedoms. It’s what our country is made of, courageous,