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The First Time I Welded… Penelope Amaya, Age 13, Pens Inspiring Essay On Being Fearless

Guest ContributorMay 27, 2020

By Penelope Amaya - It was a rainy Saturday morning in 2019, I was about to go somewhere exciting. I woke up super early because I was excited for this day to ...

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Essential Risk: NYC Plumber Judaline Cassidy On Working In Building Trades During COVID-19 Crisis

wyskApril 16, 2020

Judaline Cassidy has been a plumber in NYC for more than two decades. She is a master of her craft, and a champion of equality in the still male-dominated cons...

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Killer of Cancer, Slayer of Viruses: The Many Medicines Of Nobel Prize Laureate Gertrude Elion

Dale DeBakcsyApril 15, 2020

Generally, our experience of a particular medicine is as a great faceless thing the name of which we don't know until we desperately need it, and the creation ...

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From Threepenny To Cabaret: Lotte Lenya, Loss, And The Spirit Of Weimar

Dale DeBakcsyApril 8, 2020

When Lotte Lenya stepped on stage for the opening night of Cabaret on November 20, 1966 for the first of what would be over one thousand performances as Fraule...

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TIME’S UP PSA Shines A Light On Women In Film, Television, And Visual Content Production

wyskFebruary 27, 2020

Led by its Women’s Production Group, the TIME’S UP Foundation created this Public Service Announcement and companion resource guide to change the fact that "wo...

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RESPECT: See Jennifer Hudson As Aretha Franklin In Upcoming Biopic (Official Trailer)

wyskFebruary 12, 2020

Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) requires no formal introduction. Her legacy spans six decades and includes countless chart-topping classics,...

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Preparing For An Unknown Tomorrow: Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan And The Saving Of The Hubble Space Telescope

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 29, 2020

This day, let us speak of a new type of hero, one whose life story is not told as a sum of new products invented and foisted upon an already choked world, but ...

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‘I Was The 14th African-American Woman Architect In The U.S.’… Meet Kathryn Tyler Prigmore

Guest ContributorJanuary 16, 2020

By byGeorge - Kathryn Tyler Prigmore was shocked to see herself in a 1985 issue of EBONY, listed as the 14th African-American woman registered to practice arch...

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“Walk In My Boots!” Feminist Plumber Pens Powerful Essay On Being A Woman In Construction Trade

Guest ContributorJanuary 9, 2020

By Judaline Cassidy - Here’s the question men at a construction site never get: Are you qualified?Women get asked this every day of every job. So, allow me...

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