The Life of Oprah Winfrey

Growing up Oprah’s life was not easy. She was born on January 29, 1954 in Mississippi to Vernita Lee who was just 18 at the time and Vernon Winfrey who was only 20. They separated soon after and was left in the care of her maternal grandmother Hattie Mae Lee on the farm...

​Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel was born on July 17, 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany to Herlind and Horst Kasner. Her father Horst was a Lutheran Clergyman. Just weeks after Merkel’s birth he received a pastorate in Perleberg moving the family to East Germany...


​Michelle Obama: America's Hero

Michelle Obama has become “America’s conscience, role model, and mother in chief.” Throughout her life she has strived to be the best version of herself, while never forgetting the fight her great-grandparents went through to give her the opportunities that she has today...


​The Imbalance of Women in Politics

The United States has one of the lowest percentages of women’s representation in politics compared to most established democracies. Women remain severely underrepresented at the federal, state, and local levels. When comparing women’s representation in national...


​Meghan Markle: UN Women's Advocate for Political Participation and Leadership

Meghan Markle is the UN Women's Advocate for Political Participation and Leadership, and delivers an empowering speech about the necessity of taking action. At 11 years old, Meghan had become a female advocate. At this young age, she was told that girls were meant for the kitchen...


​The Fight To End Period Poverty

The most pressing problems in the world today are the one’s that impact a large percentage of the population. Our world is far from perfect. Many people face problems every day that no one even knows about. But we have to stop suffering in silence because nothing ever changed from silence. One issue that is often not talked about often due to stigma is period poverty...


​The Life and Admirability of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent her life defying expectations, overcoming adversity, and championing gender equality. Ruth Bader was born on March 15, 1933 in Brooklyn New York to Celia and Nathan Bader. Nathan immigrated from Russia at the age of 13 and later found success as a fur manufacturer. Celia worked in the home and helped out with the family business...


​Malala Yousafzai: Making the Best From the Worst

Only a short year later, on October 9, 2012, Malala’s life was forever changed. She was on the bus with her fellow school friends, heading home. In her book, Malala says that the bus came to an impromptu stop in the middle of the street.Initially, the girls were confused, but not too worried, but that all changed in a matter of seconds...

Tory Burch: The Creation of an Entrepreneurial Empowerment Empire

Tory Burch is known to be one of the world's most successful businesswomen, designer, and philanthropist. Tory embodies all of the essential traits of a businesswoman: the ability to develop product ideas, build teams to develop her products, and use marketing strategies to build a strong brand loyalty to her business...


​It's Tough Being a Girl: Where Rights are the Worst

There are a few major and blaring reasons in which a country, such as Yemen, has the worst ranking in the world for female rights. Some of the most prominent issues are access to hygiene, educational rights, family and community morals, war torn areas, and sexual harassment...


​Gender Inequality in Sports

Women’s potential in sports has been doubted since the beginning of time. Even the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin said in 1896, “No matter how toughened a sportswoman may be, her organism is not cut out to sustain certain shocks.” ...

Living in Fear: The Challenges Women in Iraq Face Everyday

Iraq has been torn apart by decades of war. Conflicts religiously, politically, and economically have destroyed nearly everything in this once prospering nation. Since the US invasion of troops in 2003 Iraq has been in an ongoing conflict for almost 15 years...


​Melinda Gates: Role Model

Melinda Gates is now a very well known name but she group up to humble beginnings. She was born in Dallas Texas with her parents and three siblings. It was through her parents where she recognized the importance of hard work and the value of education. Her hard worked shined through as she was the...

Why Girls Must Become Integrated Into the STEM Field​

STEM is the fastest growing sector of the economy and pays approximately 30% more than any other sectors of the economy. However, women only earn about 35% of undergraduate degrees in STEM, and the number of women receiving STEM degrees has declined between 2004 and 2014..


​Ashley Graham: Changing the Way We Think About Our Bodies

Ashley Graham made history as the first plus-size cover star of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue in 2016. While her rise to fame seems abrupt for Ashley it was recognition for a lifetime of hard work and adversity. When Ashely was younger she was sexualy assaulted, she had an absentee father...


​How the Syrian Civil War Has Stripped Women of Their Fundamental Rights

Fortunately in America women have the same basic freedoms that men do, however in other countries women are not so lucky. Of all of the countries, tied with Afghanistan, Syria ranks at the bottom of the list. This horrible ranking is partly attributed to the civil war that has been going on since 2011...

Men vs Women: The Pay Gap

Women are the sole or co-breadwinner in half of American families and makeup nearly half of the workforce. Most people assume that boys and girls are equal. They assume that there cannot possibly be any huge gender discrepancies. But the reality is there are many setbacks that women face...​

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