Researchers from Cal-Poly and North Carolina University recently found that the open-source programming women provided on code repository, GitHub, was rated higher than then their male counterparts, yet was often rejected due to gender bias. And last week job specialist, Glassdoor, announced that [Read More]
Razia Sultan is the only woman ever to be crowned the Sultan of Delhi. After the death of Razia’s father, her brother was crowned sultan but was killed less than seven months on the throne. From 1236 to 1240, Razia’s reign, while noble and forward-thinking, did not sit well with Muslim nobles [Read More]
You’ve started your own business, built a website—maybe even created an app. You’ve used social media, friends and relatives, neighbors and acquaintances all to help spread the word. Maybe you’ve hired an employee, maybe a bunch. You’ve got a lawyer, an accountant, but the one thing you don’t have [Read More]
Take that Banksy! 104-year-old great-grandmother Grace Brett just may be the oldest living street artist having “yarn bombed” various benches, phone booths, walls, and other landmarks in her town in the Scottish county of Borders.
Born in London in 1910, and having [Read More]
A few weeks ago I had Tamara McCleary on the show and her thoughts on achieving an ideal work / life balance have stuck with me ever since. In her RelationSHIFT courses, Tamara teaches to love your family through your work, instead of [Read More]
Nangeli lived in the early 19th century in Travancore, India and who belonged to a lower cast family that could not afford to pay their township’s taxes—particularly that of the mulakkaram (breast tax) system which existed during that time. The mulakkaram required women of lower caste system [Read More]
Now is that time of year when we reflect upon all our past mistakes—no, not Easter. Tax Time and it’s coming up quick, with only a little more than a month to get your finances in order before the April 15 deadline. It’s long been said that the [Read More]
March 8th marks International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to the appreciation to women and their achievements— complete with an inspiring Google doodle!
Today we celebrate a woman who has changed the world with her relentless courage and pursuit of girl’s education.
Born [Read More]
Before Misty Copeland was the first Black woman appointed as Principal into the American Ballet Theater, Lavinia Williams was a part of the American Negro Ballet, focusing on classical ballet, folk, modern, and Caribbean dance, which she mastered and taught in several Caribbean countries.
Born in Philadelphia, Lavinia began dance [Read More]
To kick off our Women’s History Month retrospective is Vivian Maier, a private, mysterious, and eccentric nanny who doubled as one of the most prolific photographers never known.
The Oscar-nominated documentary Finding Vivian Maier is about the woman who took over 150,000 photographs without telling anyone about her [Read More]
