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07/23/2025

Forbes’ inaugural global ranking of the 50 richest self-made women reveals a collective net worth of $276 billion across 13 nations.

– Forbes’ Grace Chung

The Forbes 2025 ranking of the richest self-made women billionaires on the planet — China and U.S. dominate, as tech fuels fortunes.

07/17/2025

Women across indie and mainstream music genres are redefining the industry by breaking boundaries with authentic, genre-blending sounds that address themes of connection, resistance, healing, and triumph.

– Monella on CelebMix

The year is 2025, and women in music aren’t just making waves—they’re steering the tide. From indie scenes to mainstream arenas, a fresh and fearless generation of female artists is reshaping the sonic universe. They’re bold, genre-blending, and brimming with unfiltered emotion. These women ...

07/08/2025

Women in the History of Quantum Physics celebrates the overlooked contributions of 16 pioneering women in the field – challenging the traditional, male-dominated narrative.

– Science News Magazine’ Emily Conover

The new book, Women in the History of Quantum Physics, spotlights the oft-forgotten contributions of women scientists in the field.

07/04/2025

Honoring our nation’s history and looking forward to a bright future. Happy 4th ✨

07/03/2025

AWFJ - Alliance of Women Film Journalists’s Leslie Combemale shines the spotlight on iconic q***r filmmaker Cheryl Dunye – known for her groundbreaking 1996 film The Watermelon Woman and her Oakland-based Jingletown Films, which aims to amplify diverse voices in cinema.

It’s high time we created a SPOTLGHT feature on trailblazing female filmmaker Cheryl Dunye. Her 1996 feature film debut, The Watermelon Woman, made history as the first feature-length narrative written and directed by an out Black le***an about Black le***ans. Along with classics like My Own Priva...

06/25/2025

Russell Findlay, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, is urging Glasgow City Council to acquire and display the diaries and medals of his great-aunts – suffragettes Frances and Margaret McPhun – to prevent these historic artifacts from leaving Scotland.

– The Times and The Sunday Times’ Catriona Stewart

Russell Findlay has called on Glasgow city council to save the diaries and medals given to the McPhun sisters, who were jailed in their fight for women’s votes

06/19/2025

“Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, but rather a celebration of progress.”

– Mahalia Jackson

06/18/2025

In this “Throughline” episode from NPR, host Rund Abdelfatah delves into the Triangle Waist Company fire of 1911 – a tragedy that significantly influenced Frances Perkins, who would later become a key figure in the New Deal as the first female Secretary of Labor. The podcast explores how this event shaped Perkins’ commitment to improving worker safety and advocating for social reforms.

From Social Security and the minimum wage to exit signs and fire escapes, Frances Perkins transformed how people in the U.S. lived and worked. Today on the show: how a middle class do-gooder became one of the savviest and most powerful people in American politics — and built the social safety net ...

06/11/2025

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, talks with NPR All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly about her memoir, *A Different Kind of Power* – reflecting on her career and emphasizing “the power of kindness” while experiencing motherhood in office, leading her country during a national tragedy, and her decision to resign.

– NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly, Courtney Dorning & Erika Ryan

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.

06/04/2025

Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff and entrepreneur/investor Ali Wyatt’s Female Founder Collective has partnered with Kellanova’s Pure Organic to launch SeedHer – a 12-week accelerator program focused on providing resources, mentorship, and industry connections to women-led food and beverage startups.

– Emma Sandler on Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmasandler/2025/05/29/designer-rebecca-minkoff-goes-from-fashion-to-the-food-world

05/28/2025

Dr. Helen O’Neill and her identical twin sister Deirdre, through their company Hertility, are transforming women’s health by providing rapid, data-driven diagnostics for common gynecological conditions.

– The Irish Post’s Mark Murphy

How two identical twins are leading the fight for women’s health with data, diagnosis and determ...

05/26/2025

Expressing profound gratitude as we honor the lives lost in service to our nation 🇺🇸