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‘She Persisted Around The World’, New Children’s Book By Chelsea Clinton Celebrates 13 Women Who Have Shaped History Across The Globe

wyskMarch 6, 2018

Inspired by Elizabeth Warren’s refusal to be silenced in the Senate, Chelsea Clinton published her first book, She Persisted, last March. This week as a compani...

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Meet Liz Wolfson, The Chief Visionary Officer Behind An Innovative Network Of Public Schools For Girls

Guest ContributorDecember 14, 2017

By Liz Wolfson - My daughter is 11 years old and in middle school at the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools (GALS) of Denver, the flagship school of a network of...

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Vote Now: Perimeter Institute Wants To Know Who Should Be Included In Their Next ‘Great Women In Science’ Poster Series

wyskDecember 14, 2017

Back in October we introduced you to the free-downloadable “Forces of Nature” poster series by Perimeter Institute, which celebrates the contributions women hav...

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17-Year-Old Behind STEMily K. Site Interviews STEM Role Models For Girls To See, Be Inspired By

Guest ContributorNovember 28, 2017

By Emily Koehne - Before high school, I had no idea what the acronym "STEM" meant. It only hit my radar in the 8th grade, once I started researching high school...

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Sixth-Graders Skillfully Rap About The Awesomeness of Learning And School

wyskNovember 8, 2017

Meet Aryn Fears and Savannah Patterson, two talented sixth grade students from the Milwaukee Excellence school, and the stars of Excellence First, an empowering...

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Meet Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer, And The Social Technologist Who Founded Day In Her Name

wyskOctober 10, 2017

A global celebration designed to shine a deserving spotlight on the achievements of inspiring women in STEM... held in the name of the woman recognized as the first computer programmer....

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The Life-Changing Experience This U.S. High School Senior Had At Women In Science Camp In Malawi

Guest ContributorSeptember 28, 2017

By Khushi Gandhi - This summer I had the opportunity to participate in the WiSci (Women in Science) STEAM Camp in Malawi, Africa. It aligns with the United Nati...

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Women’s Equality Day: An Illustrated Reminder From 1915 Of The Fight For Equality

wyskAugust 26, 2017

Produced and copyrighted in 1915, this propaganda postcard highlights the hypocrisy of opposition to voting rights for women....

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An Open Letter to The Google Memo Writer From Debbie Sterling, Engineer and Founder, GoldieBlox

Guest ContributorAugust 12, 2017

Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of the innovative toy company GoldieBlox, shares this open letter to the Google engineer who wrote the controversial memo quest...

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