LGBTQ+ Women Who Made National History In May 2019, the city of New York announced plans to honor LGBTQ+ activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera with a statue. The city of New York claimed the monument will be the “first permanent, public artwork recognizing transgender women in the world.” Johnson and Rivera were prominent figures in uprisings against 1969…
Juneteenth: 15 TV Shows, Albums, Films, Podcasts, & Books Delve into stories that offer a multifaceted look at what it means to be Black in America By Gemma Acheampong and Sophie Yarin Juneteenth commemorates the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned that they had been freed, June 19, 1865, more than two years after the…
The Woman Who Helped Make Juneteenth a National Holiday By N’dea Yancey-Bragg After spending a morning in April at her 13-acre farm, a food bank and a fundraiser for a Juneteenth museum, Opal Lee, 95, kicked off her shoes at her home in Fort Worth, Texas, and sat down to relax. She joked that the house looks like a museum with nearly…
How This Entrepreneur Started Managing Her Money By Melissa Houston When Julie Solomon moved to Los Angeles, a city where she had no ties, she felt lonely. She turned to spending money to fill the loneliness, filling that emotional void that loneliness caused. When her husband found out that she had been hiding $30,000 in credit card debt, Solomon had to deal…
Businesswomen Describe Their Motivation By Tristan Stewart-Robertson Business Gateway, Scotland’s national business support agency, said 70 percent of women believed they had the motivation – and that was the main reason they set up their own ventures. And many cited confidence in their skills, knowledge, and experience as key motivation factors. Linda Macdonald, of Linda Macdonald Jewellery, agreed that belief…
The Condition of Women’s Health in the UK As ministers plan to publish the first women’s health strategy we look at where things are going wrong – and why By Hannah Devlin 1. Endometriosis and other gynecological conditions The inclusion of gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis, prolapse and heavy menstrual bleeding in the women’s health strategy has been widely welcomed.…
Shefali Razdan Duggal Nominated As Envoy To Netherlands Shefali Razdan Duggal, 50, is an Indian immigrant to the United States from the state of Jammu and Kashmir. She has been raised in Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and Boston. By All India / Press Trust of India Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-origin political activist Shefali…
6 Spanish Podcasts Your Bilingual Kid Should be Listening To Podcasts can be a fun way to nurture your child’s bilingualism. Here’s our favorite for Spanish speakers. By Christina Montoya Fiedler There are many benefits to raising bilingual children: academic enrichment, cultural awareness, competitiveness in their future job market, are just some of the advantages being bilingual gives them. But,…
Follow the Leaders in the Beauty Industry By Nancy Jeffries Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) honored female leaders across the beauty industry in a two-day live and virtual event on June 2 and 3, held in partnership with Dotdash Meredith. The in-person award luncheon, held on June 2, recognized the best in beauty in a program comprised of a new Catalyst…
Closing the Gender Gap in Educational Leadership From coast to coast, men are replacing women in education leadership at alarming rates. By: Julia Rafal-Baer The pandemic has impacted every facet of American education and the consequences, both academic and beyond, could reverberate for decades to come. But while much of the focus of the pandemic’s effects has been on classroom experiences…
