Can we talk about girl power for a second? I know you all know the usual spiel, and I’m going to be using the female pronouns here, but this is for any and all girls out there. So let’s recap. The definition of “girl power”: Girls can do anything boys can do, girls are just […]
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Gertrude B. Elion, or “Trudy” as she liked to be called, was a woman of incredible innovation in the field of science, specifically when it came to the transformative development of medicine. Born in 1918 in New York City, Gertrude was the daughter or Lithuanian immigrants who established a life for themselves and their daughter in […]
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[su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL6aCNXvYCo” width=”480″ height=”300″][su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-Veei0jQM” width=”540″ height=”320″][su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1PFLuTrgM” height=”480″][/su_youtube] In addition to creating the fab beauty products, the L’Oreal Corporate Foundation supports women in the sciences to help close the gender gap within the field. The Foundation has teamed up with UNESCO to offer fellowships for 15 female scientists from around the world. Together, they’ve produced this totally inspiring video […]
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Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918-2004): Olympic Track & Field Athlete Dutch track and field athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen was born in Lage Vuursche, Netherlands, in 1918. Around the age of 16, Blankers-Koen began competing as an athlete, and in 1935 she competed in the Berlin Olympics. She exuded immense talent, but not enough to win her a medal […]
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If you are a female reading this on March 8th, then congratulations! Today is International Women’s Day, which means that today is all about you. International Women’s Day (IWD), which was first observed by the United Nations on March 8, 1975, is a day set aside to honor and celebrate women of every country, creed, and tongue, and […]
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