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NWHM. Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer credited with catalyzing the global environmental movement. But it was her 1962 bestselling book, Silent Spring, about the effects of pesticides that brought environmental issues to the attention of the American public, and later, the world. Silent Spring led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides, and led to the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]. People, Rachel Carson, Robert Louis Stevenson, The New Yorker, Margaret Sanger, Rachel, Great Women, Famous Women, Amazing Women
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NWHM. Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer credited with catalyzing the global environmental movement. But it was her 1962 bestselling book, Silent Spring, about the effects of pesticides that brought environmental issues to the attention of the American public, and later, the world. Silent Spring led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides, and led to the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency [EPA].
‘Cause people seem to only post the 20-something Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Hepburn was the granddaughter of a baron, the daughter of a nazi sympathizer, spent her teens doing ballet to secretly raise money for the dutch resistance against the nazis, and spent her post-film career as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, winning the presidential medal of freedom for her efforts. …And history remembers her as pretty. Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, My Fair Lady, Brigitte Bardot, Audrey Hepburn Old, Actors, Hepburn, Eliza Doolittle
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‘Cause people seem to only post the 20-something Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Hepburn was the granddaughter of a baron, the daughter of a nazi sympathizer, spent her teens doing ballet to secretly raise money for the dutch resistance against the nazis, and spent her post-film career as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, winning the presidential medal of freedom for her efforts. …And history remembers her as pretty.
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-Present) - Before Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, there was just one woman cloaked in the black robe of the United States' highest court. Fulfilling a campaign promise to break that gender barrier, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981. Portraits, Sandra Day O'connor, Sandra, O'connor, Famous
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Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-Present) - Before Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, there was just one woman cloaked in the black robe of the United States' highest court. Fulfilling a campaign promise to break that gender barrier, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981.
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Irene Becker who is @Justcoachit on Twitter is a dynamo. She is founder of 3Q Edge Coaching and Training where she focuses on the 3 Q's of Leadership: IQ, EQ and SQ. justcoachit.com/blog/ Coaching, Social Media, Leadership, Women In Leadership, Interview, Talent Management, Women's, Social Media Channels
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Irene Becker who is @Justcoachit on Twitter is a dynamo. She is founder of 3Q Edge Coaching and Training where she focuses on the 3 Q's of Leadership: IQ, EQ and SQ. justcoachit.com/blog/
Sara Firth, a longstanding London-based correspondent for Russia Today, resigned on Friday in protest at the channel's coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash. Vladimir Putin, Current Events, Tyranny, New Politics, D.i.d., State Of The Union, Firth, Malaysian Airlines, Coverage
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On Sept. 24, 1944, 1st Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins was evacuating 24 patients from the fighting at Palau to Guadalcanal when the C-47 ran low on fuel. The pilot made a forced landing in a small clearing on Bellona Island. During the landing, a piece of metal severed the trachea of one patient. Hawkins kept the man's throat clear of blood with makeshift tubing until aid arrived 19 hours later. All of her patients survived. Hawkins received the Distinguished Flying Cross for her bravery. Ww2, Agent Carter, Military History, Role Models, World War Ii, Ww11, Heroism
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On Sept. 24, 1944, 1st Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins was evacuating 24 patients from the fighting at Palau to Guadalcanal when the C-47 ran low on fuel. The pilot made a forced landing in a small clearing on Bellona Island. During the landing, a piece of metal severed the trachea of one patient. Hawkins kept the man's throat clear of blood with makeshift tubing until aid arrived 19 hours later. All of her patients survived. Hawkins received the Distinguished Flying Cross for her bravery.
Lucy Stone - Determined that men were reading the Bible in a way to suppress women, she worked her way through school to learn Greek and Latin to prove them wrong. Kept her last name, chopped her hair off, scandalously wore precursors to pants, was kicked out of church for arguing that women had the right to own property and to be able to divorce abusive alcoholic husbands. Considered a true radical for her time, she spoke in public frequently and headed multiple prominent women's organizations. Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Past, Donna, Women
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Lucy Stone - Determined that men were reading the Bible in a way to suppress women, she worked her way through school to learn Greek and Latin to prove them wrong. Kept her last name, chopped her hair off, scandalously wore precursors to pants, was kicked out of church for arguing that women had the right to own property and to be able to divorce abusive alcoholic husbands. Considered a true radical for her time, she spoke in public frequently and headed multiple prominent women's organizations.
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Elizabeth Blackwell was rejected by 19+ medical schools but was finally accepted by Geneva Medical College in NY. She graduated on January 23, 1849 to become the first female doctor in history. Portrait, First Female Doctor, Elderly, Medical Degree, Medical History, Elizabeth Blackwell, Female Doctor
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Elizabeth Blackwell was rejected by 19+ medical schools but was finally accepted by Geneva Medical College in NY. She graduated on January 23, 1849 to become the first female doctor in history.
Meet Tammy Duckworth. She lost both of her legs serving our country in the Iraq War. Tammy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois. She the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress. Tammy Duckworth, Tammy, Losing Her, H.e.r., American Women
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Meet Tammy Duckworth. She lost both of her legs serving our country in the Iraq War. Tammy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois. She the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress.
Mary Elizabeth Bowser, in 1861, as a highly regarded, free African-American woman disguised as a slave, began acting as a spy for the Union Army. With a position among the slavery ranks at the Confederate White house, Bowser became the highest placed and most imperative espionage agent in the Civil War. Queen, Vintage, African American Women, American, South, African, Womens Equality
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Mary Elizabeth Bowser, in 1861, as a highly regarded, free African-American woman disguised as a slave, began acting as a spy for the Union Army. With a position among the slavery ranks at the Confederate White house, Bowser became the highest placed and most imperative espionage agent in the Civil War.
Nellie Bly (real name Elizabeth Jane Cochran, above) was a 23-year-old journalist without a job when she walked into the offices of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World in 1887 and was given the daunting assignment of exposing the horrors of the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum. She rehearsed feverishly. She played mad. “Undoubtedly demented… a hopeless case,” said one of the doctors who admitted her. But inside the asylum she chronicled the awful food and awful cond... Quotes, Nellie Bly, Insane Asylum, Beautiful People, Religion, Historia
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Nellie Bly (real name Elizabeth Jane Cochran, above) was a 23-year-old journalist without a job when she walked into the offices of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World in 1887 and was given the daunting assignment of exposing the horrors of the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum. She rehearsed feverishly. She played mad. “Undoubtedly demented… a hopeless case,” said one of the doctors who admitted her. But inside the asylum she chronicled the awful food and awful cond...
Irena Sendler b: 15 February 1910 Warsaw, Russian; d: 12 May 2008 (aged 98) Warsaw, Poland -- Sendler smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and with housing outside the Ghetto, thereby saving those children from being killed in the Holocaust. The Nazis eventually discovered her activities, tortured her, and sentenced her to death; but she managed to evade execution and survive the war. History, Lady, Irena Sendler
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Irena Sendler b: 15 February 1910 Warsaw, Russian; d: 12 May 2008 (aged 98) Warsaw, Poland -- Sendler smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and with housing outside the Ghetto, thereby saving those children from being killed in the Holocaust. The Nazis eventually discovered her activities, tortured her, and sentenced her to death; but she managed to evade execution and survive the war.
Araminta Harriet Ross - Harriet Tubman. (1820 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made more than thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. Downton Abbey, Black History Facts, Historical Photos, Harriet Tubman, Rescue
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Araminta Harriet Ross - Harriet Tubman. (1820 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made more than thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Jane Goodall on climate change: ‘We’ve just been stealing, stealing, stealing from our children, and it’s shocking’ ... British primatologist Jane Goodall delivers a speech at the National Museum on January 26, 2013 in Nairobi (AFP, Tony Karumba) Nature, Social Justice, Relationship, Blog, Change The World, Change, About Climate Change, Global Warming
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Jane Goodall on climate change: ‘We’ve just been stealing, stealing, stealing from our children, and it’s shocking’ ... British primatologist Jane Goodall delivers a speech at the National Museum on January 26, 2013 in Nairobi (AFP, Tony Karumba)
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Frida led the 1930's as a stylish proud Mexicana but most importantly established herself as the first Woman to be respected by world leaders through her Art. York, Olinda, Frida Kahlo, Vogue, Rooftop, Frida Kahlo Exhibit, Frida Kahlo Style, Frida And Diego, Frida Kahlo Art
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Julia Child. She was the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute Hall of Fame (1993), and in November 2000, she was awarded France's highest honor, the Legion d'Honneur. In August 2002, an exhibit featuring the kitchen in which she filmed three of her cooking shows was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.Her creer did not start until she was over 40! Personas, Persona, Fotos, Fotografie, Eten
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Julia Child. She was the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute Hall of Fame (1993), and in November 2000, she was awarded France's highest honor, the Legion d'Honneur. In August 2002, an exhibit featuring the kitchen in which she filmed three of her cooking shows was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.Her creer did not start until she was over 40!
June 4, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to VOTE! Pictured are women's vote advocates Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Us History, Right To Vote, 19th Amendment, Voting Day, Brave Women, In This Moment, History Nerd, Suffrage
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June 4, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to VOTE! Pictured are women's vote advocates Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Sonya Sotomayer - Justice of the US Supreme Court. I enjoyed hearing her talk abou her new book, My Beloved World. http://amzn.to/WdXkhs Celebrities, Columnist, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonya, The Voice, Latina
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Rachel Carson, on the occasion of Earth Day. Rachel Carson, like few others, had the courage to stand up for her world and try to protect it. Brave, Human
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Candace Bergen, you have to admire a women whose siblings were Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Sneard! Haircut Styles, Candice Bergen, Charlie Mccarthy, Updated Hair Styles, Aging Gracefully, Hair Today, 50 Hair, Gray Hairstyles, Haircuts
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I admire Betty Ford ("Fighting First Lady") for raising breast cancer awareness, sharing her battle with addiction, and for being an outspoken advocate for causes important to her, such as the the Equal Rights Amendment and the Women's Movement. Country, First Lady Portraits, First Lady, American Presidents, Elizabeth Anne, Woman Painting
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Known as the “iron lady” to her supporters, the charismatic Liberian President was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on women’s rights and role in ending the country’s civil war. Sirleaf is also Africa’s first democratically elected female leader. Masters, Africa, Women Leaders, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, African Women, Female Leaders
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Known as the “iron lady” to her supporters, the charismatic Liberian President was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on women’s rights and role in ending the country’s civil war. Sirleaf is also Africa’s first democratically elected female leader.