May 16, 2013

im-a-kittycat:

“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of  how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world”

 - Jaime Moore, Not Just a Girl

This is an amazing idea.  

(via politi-gal)



Tagged: Women / Femenists / Women's Issues / Girls / Dressing Up / Inspirational Women /

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April 1, 2013

newsweek: Our cover: the 125 Women of Impact! They changed the world, drove the conversation and fired our imaginations this year. See who made the list. Heroes.

newsweek:

Our cover: the 125 Women of Impact! They changed the world, drove the conversation and fired our imaginations this year. See who made the list.

Heroes.



Tagged: Women / Inspirational Women / Inspiring /

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May 6, 2012

positive-press-daily: At 102, female WWII veteran keeps doing good deeds It’s all about “mitzvah,” said Bea Abrams Cohen as she sought to explain one possible secret to her longevity. The meanings of the Hebrew word include an act of human kindness or a good deed. That’s what Cohen, age 102, has spent a lifetime doing. “Pay back. It works,” said the chatty centenarian, who served her country during World War II and has worked for more than seven decades supporting the U.S. military and philanthropic organizations. (click-through for full story) What an inspirational woman veteran! 

positive-press-daily:

At 102, female WWII veteran keeps doing good deeds

It’s all about “mitzvah,” said Bea Abrams Cohen as she sought to explain one possible secret to her longevity. The meanings of the Hebrew word include an act of human kindness or a good deed. That’s what Cohen, age 102, has spent a lifetime doing.

“Pay back. It works,” said the chatty centenarian, who served her country during World War II and has worked for more than seven decades supporting the U.S. military and philanthropic organizations.

(click-through for full story)

What an inspirational woman veteran! 

(Source: Los Angeles Times, via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)



Tagged: Women / Veterans / WWII / History / Pay it forward / Inspirational women /

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