Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel doesn’t want to drive men mad. She does, however, want to be able to drive a car. She is not alone. No Saudi Arabia woman has the legal right to drive a car. Ameerah who is in her late 20s in the fourth wife of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘awareness’
June 8, 2011
Run Rosie, Run. She’s Number One Around the Track
She’s like a bride and a bridesmaid. Rosie Napravnik was the featured woman of the day yet she didn’t go home with the prize. When the 23-year-old jockey finished ninth in the 2011 Kentucky Derby in May she became the highest-finishing female rider in the premier thoroughbred horse race. The Run for the Roses as [...]
May 29, 2011
Grete Waitz: A True Road Warrior
Memorial Day weekend is the official start of the summer vacation season in America. This weekend, when millions of Americans take to the road, seemed like a particularly appropriate time to recognize Grete Waitz. The Norwegian-born woman who died of cancer on April 11 at the age of 57 of cancer knew a lot about [...]
May 24, 2011
Women’s Work on the Front Lines of Afghanistan
U.S. Marines are undertaking an experiment in Afghanistan. They are embracing the power of women’s work. A few women have been added to what used to be all-male patrols − patrols on the front lines. Although the women wear body armor (which can be cumbersome and cause discomfort and chaffing because it wasn’t designed to [...]
May 11, 2011
It Took 35 Years for This Woman to Rediscover Her Voice
Who hasn’t had a moment when they felt like yelling? What if you couldn’t? What if you weren’t able to say anything? Those among us who are able-bodied often take our abilities for granted. Jan Christian hasn’t taken the power of her voice for granted for a long time. She recently found hers after a [...]
May 4, 2011
Whoever Thinks Girls Aren’t Smart in Math and Science Didn’t Know Jean!
Who says girls aren’t good in math and science? Jean Bartik was a brain-ENIAC. She was one of six unsung heroines who helped lead the world into the computer age. There weren’t many career options available to this woman who was born in 1927. One of the few was school teacher. So Jean attended Northwest [...]
April 12, 2011
Not Tickled Pink: It’s Barbie’s World and We Have to Play in It!
Barbie’s a middle-aged gal. She’s been a model citizen since 1959. Barbie may not be a spring chicken but she’s no lame duck. She’s got her own Web site. It features an “anthem” for her. Mattel’s motto for Ms. Fashionista? “It’s Barbie’s World We Just Play in It.” Her fictional biography describes Barbra Millicent Roberts [...]
March 10, 2011
Daddy’s Little Girl Is Finally Free to Tell Her Story
Stacey Lennert thought she was daddy’s little princess. Her fantasy turned into a nightmare when at the age of nine, daddy raped her. Stacey didn’t tell her mother. When her parents eventually got a divorce, Stacey stayed with her dad. Somehow the girl who was now 12-years-old had learned to dissociate the abusive man from [...]
April 22, 2010
Blogger Builds Community for Moms of Special Needs Kids: She Loves Her Max
Ellen’s a savvy mom. She knows the importance of taking care of herself. When life gets tough she dishes out some ice-cream, indulges in a pedicure, and asks her husband to take their kids out for a few hours. Ellen has learned that she needs a chance to recharge. This extraordinary mom of Sabrina, 5, [...]
April 16, 2010
Bold Action by Woman Empowers a Village Against Violence
A women’s worth continues to be undervalued. According to a March 2010 fact sheet put out by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research the median weekly earnings of female full-time workers were $657, compared with male median weekly earnings of $819. Based on these data, the ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly earnings was [...]
