Note: Since this article was first posted it was announced that Mary Ann Angel was selected as one of the Dayton area’s ten top women. The honor, initiated in 1962, recognizes leaders in the community who contribute time and talent for the greater good. Mary Ann will now be included on a list of 480 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘inspiration’
October 7, 2011
She Roars Like a Lion in a Country that Expects Her to Act Like a Lamb: Tawakul Karmen
Note: Since I posted this blog in April Tawakul Karman, was one of three women who were announced as the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners. Karman was selected for her contributions to the ongoing struggle for democracy in Yemen. The other two for their pursuit of peace in Liberia. The Nobel Peace Prize committee recognized [...]
October 3, 2011
Why Does An Afghani Colonel Fly Missions with 5-Year-Old Daughter at Her Side?
Life is tough for women in Afghanistan. The lack of child care may seem like a trivial matter until you consider the need of one mother who without child care options flies supply missions to remote areas and disaster zones in a military helicopter with her 5-year-old daughter alongside. Colonel Latifa Nabizada has flown more [...]
September 13, 2011
Her Goal is to Grow a Healthier World
The saying goes: You can’t fool Mother Earth. Those who think they can will have to contend with Vandana Shiva. Shiva is an environmental activist who has won numerous international awards for her three decades of work to protect natural resources and promote organic farming and fair trade. Time Magazine in 2003 identified the Delhi, [...]
September 8, 2011
She’s played with the big boys. Now she calls the shots.
She’s played with the big boys. Now she calls the shots. Perry Barber was a singer/songwriter growing up in the 1970s. She did office work for Gladys Knight, and performed as an opener for Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Hall and Oates. But music was not to be her calling. Instead, her career path lay [...]
August 25, 2011
What Would Her Mama Say If She Knew the Stories Her Daughter Was Telling?
Anita Woodley knows the value of family. She grew up in a housing project in Oakland, California. She survived and flourished, in part, because of the strength of the women in her life. The experience has transformed her, and she willingly bares herself as Mama Juggs in order to honor these women. Woodley, a journalist [...]
August 16, 2011
She’s Still Kicking After All These Years
Have you ever wanted something SO much you were willing to wait however long it took? Well, Keiko Fukuda waited almost 80 years to realizing her dream. At the age of 98 Keiko Fukuda became the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt in Judo. The petite woman not quite five feet tall has [...]
August 10, 2011
Israeli and Palestinian Women Are Proof Life is a Beach
Incivility is on the rise according to the American Psychological Association. At their recent annual meeting the APA focused on incivility in the workplace. The professional organization said that rudeness, insults and plain old bad manners are growing problems for Americans. Incivility stresses workers and reduces productivity. Sometimes the problem is simply the result of [...]
July 26, 2011
Music Keeps These Ladies Young
These Russian gals, mostly in their 70s and 80s, are singing their way through life. And, now they’re getting applause for their resiliency and joyous approach to life’s challenges. The women known on the Internet as the Buranova Babuskas made it to the recent finals of the Russian Eurovision music contest. The annual Eurovision competition, [...]
July 20, 2011
She’d Like to Drive Men
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 [...]
