Empowerment - Women You Should Know®

“Consume This Opera Mixed With Rap…” Artist And Activist Zakiyyah Releases Empowering Debut Single And Music Video

wyskOctober 9, 2019

Meet Zakiyyah, a Boston-raised singer, songwriter, activist and scholar, who just hit our WYSKy radar compliments of a "you should know" tip from 12-year-old E...

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Food’s Bright Future: Leah Garcés And The Long Struggle To Replace Factory Farming

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 9, 2019

Vegans and meat consumers do not typically enter into common cause. To the meat eater, vegans are bleeding heart, elitist scolds, and to the vegan, meat consu...

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Sorry, But Male Geniuses Are Replaceable

Guest ContributorOctober 8, 2019

Science is a process, and exaggerating a single person’s contributions prohibits progress — especially when that person derails women’s careers. By Sarah Ol...

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U.S. Navy Master Chief (Ret.) And 6-Year-Old Girl Fuel Toy Seller To Make ‘Plastic Army Women’ Set A Reality

wyskOctober 3, 2019

For "at least 3 years", Jeff Imel, President of VictoryBuy Inc., a family owned and operated online retailer of Plastic Army Men and other classic toys, had be...

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Siblings In Cognition: Diana Reiss And The Study Of The Dolphin Mind

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 2, 2019

One of the most persistently amazing things about modern science has been its ability to cut humanity loose from the limitations of our immediate caveperson co...

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Forgetting Elizebeth Friedman: How America’s Greatest Cryptanalyst Lay Unnoticed For A Half Century

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 25, 2019

When World War I came at last to the United States, the armed forces found themselves in the embarrassing predicament of having no idea whatsoever on how to de...

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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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46 Years Ago Today: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs In Battle Of The Sexes

wyskSeptember 20, 2019

More than 50 million Americans tuned in to watch, making it the most viewed U.S. tennis match of all time. More importantly, King's victory made it a game-changer for women’s tennis....

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Born Not Taught: Marian Koshland And The Source Of Antibody Variation

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 18, 2019

The human body is a truly wonderful place to live, if you can fit in it. It's warm and protected and, because humans are so clever at finding all the bes...

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