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Women of Color in Entrepreneurship: New SBO Data and What it Means for the Economy
Women of Color in Entrepreneurship: New SBO Data and What it Means for the Economy | Kauffman.org
Women CEOs in Social Enterprises Earn 29% Less Than Male Counterparts - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Research finds that women CEOs in social enterprises earn significantly less than their male counterparts. But it also finds that women are happier with their jobs.
Becky Hammon coaches San Antonio Spurs to NBA summer league title
Becky Hammon coaches San Antonio Spurs to NBA summer league title
Meet the women of TV’s first all-female sports talk show
TV's first all-female sports talk show.
To Activate and Assess: 5 Must-Read Books by Brilliant Black Women
To Activate and Assess: 5 Must-Read Books by Brilliant Black Women
Ava DuVernay Earns Her Way Into the History Books – First Black Woman Director to Be Nominated for a Golden Globe Award
Ava DuVernay earns her way into history books - First Black woman director to be nominated go a Golden Globe Award.
Black Looks: The Haiti Feminist Series
Black Looks: The Haiti Feminist Series
Sarah Winnemucca - Wikipedia
Sarah Winnemucca (1844 – 1891) was a prominent female Native American activist and educator, and an influential figure in the United States' nineteenth-century Indian policies. Winnemucca was notable for being the first Native American woman known to secure a copyright and to publish in the English language. Sarah was a person of two worlds. At the time of her birth her people had only very limited contact with Euro-Americans; however she spent much of her adult life in white society.
Baseball History Blog
Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (Aug 29,1912,13or14–Jan 7,1987) was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history.Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. A few days after Mitchell struck out Ruth and Gehrig, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Landis voided her contract and declared women unfit to play baseball as the game was "too strenuous".
Mary Edwards Walker - Wikipedia
Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 - February 21, 1919) was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is one of only eight civilians, and the only woman, ever to receive the Medal of Honor.
Elinor Smith: Born to Fly
In 1928, Aviatrix Elinor Smith, then 16, earned national recognition as the youngest pilot to receive a license from the FAA. Orville Wright signed her license. Smith is the first -- and only -- pilot to fly under all four bridges over the East River in NYC.
Why More Women-Run Businesses Aren’t Making Millions
There are more women-run businesses than ever, but they're still not making as much as their male-run competition. Here's how to change that.
In PBS ‘Makers’ documentary, a reflection by female pioneers in business
The latest episode of the 'Makers' series interviews top female executives about their careers.