Books - Women You Should Know®

U.S. Air Force Veteran Is On Mission To Make Sure Military Women’s Stories Are Told

Guest ContributorNovember 11, 2019

By Amanda Huffman, United States Air Force Veteran - I had a simple idea. I wanted to hear more deployment stories. I had been writing about my deployment expe...

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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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Nancy Drew, Teen Sleuth Of Mystery Book Fame, Makes Her Return To TV In New Series… Trailer

wyskOctober 1, 2019

We devoured her clue-filled, page-turning books - there are sixty-four classic titles. We were captivated by the TV show that brought her cases and mystery-sol...

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Untold And Lost No More: Celebrating 150 Episodes Of Dale DeBakcsy’s ‘Women In Science’ You Should Know Column

wyskSeptember 5, 2019

Five years into our now eight year mission to tell the untold, often ignored, and altogether lost or erased stories of women who deserve a giant spotlight on t...

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Jane Austen’s Unfinished Novel ‘Sanditon’ Is Coming to The Small Screen

wyskAugust 15, 2019

Sanditon the last, yet incomplete novel of Jane Austen is coming to PBS's Masterpiece in 2020! "When Jane Austen was chronically ill with a mysterious dise...

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The Most Important Book I Have Ever Read… Caroline Criado Perez’s “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed by Men”

Dale DeBakcsyJuly 11, 2019

Consider Julie. She wakes up at 4:30 to prepare breakfast for her children and her husband's great uncle who lives across town while the rest of her family ...

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Shabnam Rezaei Produces New Hulu Kids’ Series That’s Among First To Feature Openly Gay Main Character

wyskJuly 10, 2019

You should know Shabnam Rezaei, co-founder of Big Bad Boo Studios, a premier animation company, and Oznoz, an educational platform featuring cartoons in 10 lan...

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10 R.eally B.adass G.ifts… Inspired By The Notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

wyskMarch 15, 2019

Through her pioneering accomplishments and historic achievements, as well as her fearless words, dissents and actions, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gin...

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12-Year-Old Artist and Author Lends Her Talent To Paint Portrait Of A Woman Everyone Should Know

wyskFebruary 26, 2019

Trisha Rao has been painting since the age of 2, and has always loved to express herself through art and poetry. Now 12, she’s created over 300 acrylic paintin...

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