Geisha Williams is the first Latina CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, PG&E. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Engineer‘s Full Interview: “If someone else can do it, why not you?” I was born in Cuba, where my father was a political prisoner. When he was released, he and my…
Eileen Collins, the retired NASA astronaut, is the first woman to command and pilot a space shuttle. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Pilot’s Full Interview: “This isn’t just about me” I decided I wanted to be an astronaut in fourth grade. I remember reading an article in Junior Scholastic about…
Elizabeth Blackburn is the first woman to become President of the Salk Institute. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. “Being visible is important.” I grew up in a small town in Tasmania, and I just loved animals. We had so many. At some point I counted in our house budgerigars, canaries, a dog, a cat,…
Katharine Jefferts Schori is the First Female to be elected presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Bishop’s Full Interview: “Engendering opposition is a sign of being effective.” I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, spending lots of time in the mountains and the islands in Puget…
The Time Magazine list of 11 Influential Women who are already making our world better. “A new era of leading women persist in the face of the Global Movement for Gender Equality and Equal Representation. There are two types of stories women are trying to tell – the First is We want Gender Equality and the other is, We need Gender Equality” said Lilian…
Congratulations to Time Magazine List of “Person of the Year” #EbolaFighters. This year, TIME Magazine Person of the Year recognized some of the amazing healthcare workers who dealt with the current Ebola crisis. The article documented the grandeur actions of these presumably ordinary people whose personal efforts directly served the containment of the deathly disease. The most current Ebola outbreak affected…
