On July 25, 1984, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. Now, almost 35 years later, history will once again be made as the first all-female spacewalk is scheduled to take place March 29. A total of 213 spacewalks have taken place since 1998, all … [Read more...] about NASA has scheduled the first-ever all-women spacewalk
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Michelle Obama’s new reign of soft power
The pavilion outside the Barclays Center on Saturday afternoon was a world of naked want. Ticket holders bounced with frantic entitlement. … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama’s new reign of soft power
Shannon Keith is fighting sex trafficking in India, one pajama set at a time
I’ve always admired companies with a "giving-back" component, so when I started Entrepreneur's Builders Series, I knew I had to interview Shannon Keith, founder of Sudara. Sudara is a thriving benefit corporation that creates training and jobs for women who are at the highest … [Read more...] about Shannon Keith is fighting sex trafficking in India, one pajama set at a time
How 343 women made French history by talking about their abortions
On April 5, 1971, in France, 343 filmmakers, writers, actresses, singers, and philosophers ended a long-held silence. “One million women have abortions each year in France,” they wrote in a manifesto published in the magazine Nouvel Observateur. … [Read more...] about How 343 women made French history by talking about their abortions
These women are peacekeepers in one of the most dangerous places on Earth
The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali has the grim distinction of being the deadliest active peacekeeping deployment in the world. Still, that hasn’t stopped nearly 500 women from working for the Blue Helmets. Have a look here to see what life is like for these brave women, and … [Read more...] about These women are peacekeepers in one of the most dangerous places on Earth
