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The Untimely and Tragic Death of Heather Heyer

We need to heed Heather Heyer’s mother’s words and to etch them into our minds. “This is just the beginning of Heather’s legacy. “

Her mother has not and will not speak with Pres 45.

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The Untimely and Tragic Death of Heather Heyer

The Untimely and Tragic Death of Heather Heyer

It has been a while since I’ve posted but the untimely and tragic death of Heather Heyer, in Charlottesville, VA, has brought me back to the reason I started this blog – to speak of those women who made and continue to make herstory.

Her family’s heartfelt and heartbreaking words at her memorial service yesterday reminded me that we all need to honour this young woman who was killed when a…

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These women may have been the first to achieve their outstanding and inspirational goals but they have also left us with their incredible legacies.  Let us salute these African-American women not only during Black History Month but also throughout the year and years to come.

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10 Firsts for African-American Women

These women may have been the first to achieve their outstanding and inspirational goals but they have also left us with their incredible legacies.  Let us salute these African-American women not only during Black History Month but also throughout the year and years to come.

Known as “The First Lady of Song, in 1958 jazz and song vocalist Ella Fitzgerald made history as the first African-American…

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Signs from the Women’s March Say All

Signs from the Women’s March Say All

The Women’s March on Washington yesterday united the world in more ways than anyone could have imagined.  From Australia to Africa & Antarctica, from Paris to London to Barcelona, from all corners of North and South America and from 100’s of cities in the United States, millions of people united to march for Women’s Rights and Human Rights one day after Donald Trumps’s inauguration as president…

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20 Inspiring Women We Lost in 2016 : A Tribute

This year we lost many wonderful, inspiring women that need to be remembered and honored. Some of them died peacefully after living long, fulfilling lives however others suffered violent deaths and…

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High school girls learn the art of automobile mechanics. Left to right: Grace Hurd, Evelyn Harrison, and Corinna DiJiulian, with Grace Wagner (under car), at Central High, Washington, DC.  1927.

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11 Facts About Girls' Education That Will Surprise You

We have a long way to go. And with the Peace Corps’ Let Girls Learn initiative, you can be a part of the solution.

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20 Inspiring Women We Lost in 2016 : A Tribute

20 Inspiring Women We Lost in 2016 : Incredible women that need to be remembered and honored.

This year we lost many wonderful, inspiring women that need to be remembered and honored. Some of them died peacefully after living long, fulfilling lives however others suffered violent deaths and died much too young.  InspiredByMyMom salutes these incredible women and their achievements. Their contributions are a part of herstory and need to be acknowledged as such.  This is not a complete or…

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10 Quotes from Female Authors to Inspire ChangeMakers

10 Quotes from Female Authors to Inspire Change-Makers

The presidential elections in the United States have unleashed a gamut of emotions that everyone, especially women, are feeling. I thought it may be an appropriate time to share noteworthy quotes from female authors of various backgrounds and over many generations that may inspire and encourage women to become changemakers.

The first quote, from Ayn Rand, is the one that stood out the most for…

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5 More “Aha” Moments from Industrious Women Inventors

How many people know that the circular saw was invented by Tabitha Babbitt in 1812, the life raft by Maria Beasley in 1880 and windshield wipers by Mary Anderson in 1903.

We’ll probably never know how many women inventors there were because, in the early years of the United States, a woman could not get a patent in her own name.

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5 More “Aha” Moments from Industrious Women Inventors

5 More “Aha” Moments from Industrious Women Inventors

A previous post focused on inventions that may have been more obvious to women because they are involved in the day-to-day activities of “women’s” work or household chores. However, this one highlights women that came up with inventions that many of us may not know came from women.

How many people know that the circular saw was invented by Tabitha Babbitt in 1812, the life raft by Maria Beasley…

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12 Female Olympians Who Made History

12 Female Olympians Who Made History

40 years ago I was at the Montreal Olympics witnessing a young female athlete score the first 10 ever in gymnastics.  When Nadia Comăneciachieved this first ever perfect score, the boards were not equipped to show her score of 10.00 and therefore showed up at 1.00 confusing me and the crowds of spectators around me.  She had done the perfect routine and, over the course of the games, Nadia would…

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It's about #herstory :  #DYK The infamous World War 1 spy, Mata Hari, was a dancer who invented what she call “sacred dances” from the depths of her experiences in the East Indies. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2016 #NewBlogPost   

(via 30 Fascinating and Fun Facts for Women's History Month)

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30 Fascinating and Fun Facts for Women's History Month

30 Fascinating and Fun Facts for Women’s History Month

The world’s first novel “The Tale of Genji” was published in Japan around 1000 A.D. by female author Murasaki Shikibu.

Hatshepsut was one of the most powerful women in the ancient world and the one and only female pharaoh in recorded history.

Winston Churchill’s mother was an American born in Brooklyn, NY.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley started writing “Frankenstein” when she was only 18 and the…

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Happy International Women's Day.... Celebrating the freedoms won by women in #Canada.... We should be proud of what we've achieved but remember that there is so much more to do. ‪#‎IWD2016‬ ‪#‎PledgeForParity‬

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Enjoy the latest installment in this series for ‪#‎WomensHistoryMonth‬. So many women in ‪#‎herstory‬ need to be recognized and celebrated for their contribution to medicine. Please read about these medical pioneers.‪#‎WHM2016‬ 

(via March is Women’s History Month – Part 5 – Women in MEDICINE)