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A Conversation With Jessica Sergeant, Champion Of Language Access For The Deaf, Advocate For The Recognition Of Sign Languages

Guest ContributorSeptember 24, 2019

By Alison Tedford - 10 million people on Facebook watched the story of a Deaf girl named Ayla. The videos made by Jessica Sergeant went viral for all the right...

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Dr. Frances Kelsey, The Woman Who Saved The US From The Worst Pharmaceutical Disaster In History

Guest ContributorAugust 1, 2019

By James Essinger - Most people in the United States today have never heard of the drug thalidomide, but they ought to know the danger they escaped. I...

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A Photo Essay: Progress Of The World’s Women

Guest ContributorJuly 18, 2019

By UN WOMEN - As the world around us changes, families, and the role of women and girls within them, are also changing.There is no ‘standard’ form of famil...

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Young Female Rocket Scientist Launches Nation’s First Print Magazine For Girls In STEM

Guest ContributorJune 26, 2019

By Natalie Hahn - Reinvented Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, this month announced the launch of their magazine’s first issue. Reinvented Magazin...

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Five LGBTI Activists You Should Know

Guest ContributorJune 20, 2019

By UN WOMEN - Day in and day out, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists fight for their right to live, love, work, be heard and respected. They ris...

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Feminism Isn’t Harmful For Millennial Women… 22-Year-Old Feminist Responds To Claims Made By “The Feminist Fixer” Suzanne Venker

Guest ContributorMay 30, 2019

By Sarah Olson - Feminism’s over-enthusiastic message has led to crippling debt and plummeting marriage rates among millennials, according to “The Feminist Fix...

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A New Society: How 300 Social Experts Are Addressing Gender Inequality

Guest ContributorApril 25, 2019

By Mously Lo - “If you ask me whether I am an academic or an activist, I would have to say both. I cannot imagine one without the other,” muses women’s rights ...

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Botanist, Artist, Nurse, And Teacher: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Western Legacies

Guest ContributorApril 23, 2019

By Wynne Brown - It was most likely a bitter cold December day in 1869 as the wooden side-wheeled steamer churned through the New York City harbor. Sara Plumme...

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You Have the Right To Take Up Space: A Guide To Flying While Fat

Guest ContributorApril 12, 2019

I have a mantra that I say every time I prepare for a flight: "You have the right to take up space." I repeat it over and over like a meditation. I say it in m...

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