Loretta Lynch is the first black woman to become a U.S. Attorney General. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Lawyer’s Full Interview: “It struck me most forcefully that the law must be for everyone.” One of the most significant moments for me was the first time I opened a trial on my own.…
Barbara Walters is the first woman to co-anchor a network evening news program. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Journalist’s Full Interview: “I knew I was driven to interview world leaders.” The era of journalism I grew up in was dominated by men, but this did not scare me. The first time…
Mazie Hirono is the first Asian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Senator’s Full Interview: “The Senate needs a lot more diversity, and I bring quadruple diversity.” I am the only immigrant serving in the U.S. Senate right now. I was almost 8 when my…
GC4W Salutes Mo’ne Davis, First Girl to Pitch a Shutout & Win a Game in a Little League World Series
Mo’ne Davis is the first girl to pitch a shutout and win a game in a Little League World Series. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Pitcher’s Full Interview: “When the other team saw me face the batter, they were shocked.” I started playing baseball when I was about 7 or 8. I…
Mae Jemison is the first woman of color in space. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Astronaut’s Full Interview: “I vowed that I would talk about my work.” As a little girl, the idea that I might be the first woman of color to go to space would have seemed ridiculous. Of…
Ava DuVernay is the first black woman to direct a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Director’s Full Interview: “I’m bolstered by folks who create their own ceilings.” Regarding “the glass ceiling,” I think there have been cracks made by women who can get close enough to hit it…
GC4W is proud to share the videos of our holistic lifestyle expert, Cassandra Bodzak. Cassandra is the best selling author of Eat with Intention: Recipes and Meditations for a Life the Lights You Up and the founder of the online mind-body-soul support community, Aprecity.com. Cassandra is a global meditation and wellness teacher who instructs people on how to utilize the technologies of food,…
Ann Dunwoody is the first woman to become a Four-Star General in the U.S. military. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The General’s Full Interview: “We want the best and the brightest, male or female.” I was a tomboy. I loved sports. I was going to be a coach and phys-ed…
Michelle Phan is the first woman to build a $500 million company from a web series. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Entreprenur’s Full Interview: “The first person I wanted to tell was my mother.” I uploaded my first video in 2007. Social media wasn’t even called social media yet.…
Carla Hayden is the first woman and first African American to a Librarian of Congress. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Librarian’s Full Interview: “I saw myself in a book and that will never leave me.” Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli was how I first learned about library fines. I…