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Putting Tools In More Girls’ Hands: NYC Nonprofit That Teaches Girls Construction Skills Launches Boston Chapter

wyskJune 1, 2022

Tradeswoman-Founded Tools & Tiaras Inc. Meets Growing Demand For Programming, Expands To Show Girls (Ages 6-17) In The Greater New England Area That "Jobs ...

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Book Review: Letter To A Young Female Physician by Suzanne Koven

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 14, 2021

Walking into a doctor’s office, most of us feel that we are crossing into the domain of some manner of super being, an individual who has stared steadily into ...

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SMART Decision: International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Helps Fund Pioneering Nonprofit’s Construction Camp For Girls

wyskJuly 29, 2021

Union’s Peer-To-Peer Fundraiser Benefit Tools & Tiaras Inc., A Tradeswoman-Founded Nonprofit On A Mission To Show Girls That "Jobs Don't Have Genders"I...

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Leadership Accelerator For Women Of Color Accelerates To Launch With Groundswell Of $50,000 In Crowdfunded Support

wyskJuly 14, 2021

First Of Its Kind Program To Serve 40 Women Of Color,Aims To Close Leadership Gap Across IndustriesCynthia Pong, JD, is building a future in which women of...

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Studies In Expectation: The Life Of Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Dale DeBakcsyJune 16, 2021

Sometimes the hardest thing about living in the universe is knowing about it. There is real and true terror to be faced in the indifferent march of the u...

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Paramedic/Artist Kate Bergen Nominated As ‘Paramedic Of The Year’ For Her ‘Modern Day Rosies’ Paintings Celebrating Women First Responders Of COVID

wyskJune 10, 2021

Kate Bergen is a paramedic and artist from New Jersey. When COVID first hit, shift after shift put her directly on the front line of defense against the novel ...

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From Grieving Daughter To Volunteer Activist To CEO: A Search For Answers Inspired Her To Lead Groundbreaking Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

Guest ContributorJune 8, 2021

By Julie Fleshman - Cancer. It’s a word that makes you go numb. In 1999, my father was diagnosed with cancer -- pancreatic cancer. The news was debilitating. P...

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It Takes A Forest To Grow A Tree: The Revolutionary Forest Ecology Of Suzanne Simard

Dale DeBakcsyMay 27, 2021

Four short decades ago, the prevailing wisdom among forestry officials was the "Free To Grow" model by which, when a forest was clear cut for lumber, the earth...

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Book Review: Volcanologist Jess Phoenix’s ‘Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life’

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 31, 2021

Science communication is all too often a matter of reporting end states. Scientist X has discovered Thing Y, and we should be happy/anxious/enraged about...

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