In case you haven’t heard, there’s a non-profit organization called Girls Inc. that’s “dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.” They work toward achieving this goal 24/7/365. But this week the focus on helping girls around the world gets more attention because it’s officially Girls Rights Week!
What does that mean? It means [...]
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This Week is Girls Rights Week! What Does that Mean and What Can You Do to Help?
Can One Girl Change the World? ‘The Girl Effect’ Thinks So
What if just one girl could change the world?
Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? We’re not talking about a world leader, wealthy celebrity, or even an adult for that matter. But one girl, from a small village in a developing country. Can’t be plausible, right?
There’s an organization that believes it can happen. It’s called The Girl Effect [...]
My Life as Danica Patrick: Or, as Close as I’ll Ever Get to Being Danica Patrick for a Day
So yesterday I went auto racing.
Okay, maybe that’s a little bit of a stretch. But I did something that was as close to the auto racing experience as I’d ever get: I raced at Chicago Indoor Racing, an indoor go-kart track.
These are not the type of go-karts you find at your summer carnival and they’re [...]
Goodbye, Olympic Women! Thanks for the Inspiration!
This morning I am suffering from a withdrawl of “Olympic” proportions.
I always feel a little sad when the Olympics are over. This year, especially so, since this is the first one that I really watched together with my daughter. She’s now old enough to start to appreciate many of the sports we saw.
She loved seeing [...]
World War II Women Pilots Soon to Get the Recognition They Deserve
Perhaps you’d like to know why a teenage girl from Avon Park, Florida wanted to learn to fly in the first place… because I wanted to show all those good looking male cadet instructors that girls could fly just as good as the boys. – Deanie Bishop Parrish, as stated in her journal on the [...]
The Color Pink: Yay, Nay, or Gay?
A family friend of ours is teaching his son not to like the color pink. Apparently, the toddler has picked out some things to use that were pink and his dad was less than pleased with his choices.
“Ewwwww, that’s pink,” the boy said of my daughter’s toothbrush the other day. (The brush is actually equal [...]
Can a 13-Year-Old Girl Be a Fashion Star? We Say Yes!
Have you ever heard of Tavi Gevinson? If not, you probably will soon. She’s a 13 year old girl from suburban Chicago. Like most kids her age, she attends junior high. But unlike most, she writes a fashion blog that has put her on the cover of magazines made her name known around the world.
She began her [...]
Girl Power in Action: Meet Maddie Bradshaw, founder of Snap Caps
When I was 13, I was focused on navigating the tricky social waters of junior high and passing pre-Algebra. For Maddie Bradshaw, it’s not only being a school-aged tween, but also the president of a million-dollar company.
In what started out as a cool way to decorate her fifth grade locker, Maddie came up with the idea for Snap [...]
