Brewers Of Change

Our BREWERS OF CHANGE™ column puts a celebratory spotlight on women leaders who are creating social impact and propelling gender equity through their organizations and businesses in their respective industries. They are Women You Should Know whose missions are greater than their companies and brands.

Women Making Bold Moves: Take Your Seat At Our Table For A Night Of Learning, Empowerment, And Fun

wyskMarch 26, 2021

In an empowering close to Women’s History Month 2021, Women You Should Know and Poker Divas are inviting women everywhere to take their seats at our table for ...

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Lexie Phillips Makes History As Jack Daniel’s First Woman Assistant Distiller

wyskMarch 19, 2021

Jack Daniel's, the first registered distillery in the United States (circa 1866), has named Lexie Phillips Assistant Distiller, making her the first woman to s...

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Artist Cynthia Young Paints Courageous “Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path” In New Series

wyskMarch 10, 2021

Cynthia Young is a New Mexico based oil painter. In her latest, oh-so-WYSKy series - "Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path" - she honors inspiring women who ha...

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How Kalinga Institute Of Social Sciences Inspired My Political Feminism

Guest ContributorMarch 4, 2021

By Jamuna Madi - I remember that horrific night before Ganesh Puja in 2008–it was one of the longest nights of my life. The September Hindu festival celebrates...

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Chief Pamela Smith Is Now The First Black Woman To Lead 230-Year-Old U.S. Park Police

wyskFebruary 26, 2021

Yesterday, the National Park Service announced Pamela Smith has been named the new Chief of the United States Park Police (USPP), the nation’s oldest federal l...

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History-Making Ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath Could Be First Black Woman Inducted Into National Inventors Hall Of Fame

wyskFebruary 23, 2021

Dr. Patricia Bath (1942-2019) lived a life without limits. She was the first Black American to complete an Ophthalmology residency at New Y...

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Naval Engineer Raye Montague And The Tale Of The World’s First Computer-Designed Naval Vessel

Dale DeBakcsyFebruary 17, 2021

In March 1971, a computer science whiz with an unlikely background was given six months to complete a seemingly impossible project for the United States Navy: ...

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Biplanes, Airships, Submarines: My Talk With Dr. Nina Baker About The Engineering Legacy Of Hilda Lyon

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 27, 2021

One of the great things about writing this column is the fact that, from time to time, I get to talk with remarkable people about other remarkable people. ...

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Our Endogenous Retroviruses, Ourselves: The Life And Legacy Of Dr. Anna Marie Skalka

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 13, 2021

In 1970, everybody knew, or believed they did, how the flow of genetic information in a cell works. The Central Dogma of genetics dictated that DNA is transcr...

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