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GC4W Salutes Loretta Lynch, First Black Woman to Become a U.S. Attorney General

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.…

GC4W Salutes Barbara Walters, First Woman to Co-anchor a Network Evening News Program

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…

GC4W Salutes Mazie Hirono, First Asian-American Woman to Be Elected to the U.S. Senate

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…

GC4W Salutes Ava DuVernay, First Black Woman to Direct a Film Nominated for a Best Picture Oscar

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…

Eat with Intention Episode 5: Food Mood Journal (by Cassandra Bodzak, GC4W Holistic Lifestyle Expert).

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,…

GC4W Salutes Michelle Phan, First Woman to Build a $500 million Company from a Web Series

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.…

GC4W Salutes Carla Hayden, First Woman and African American to be Librarian of Congress

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…

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