Self-Rescuing Princess Society

Several weeks ago I received an email about Queen Girls , a new series of picture books featuring the stories of real women from histo...

It's been a pretty terrible week. I figured we could all use a bit of inspiration to keep fighting the good fight. I'm playing aro...

Regina Jonas (3 August 1902 – 12 December 1944) Regina Jonas was a Berlin-born rabbi. In 1935, she became the first woman to be ord...

"Shine with all you have. When someone tries to blow you out, just take their oxygen and burn brighter." Katelyn S. Irons ...

This is something I struggled with for years. In my 20s, I felt like a scared kid who'd been dropped into an adult world, full of ex...

So many great projects on Kickstarter! I've highlighted a few that I think deserve extra attention. I'm fascinated by  The Bo...

Today's special birthday shout-out goes to the amazing Victoria Spivey, born on October 15, 1906. This lady was seriously kickass, all...

This song has been in heavy rotation around here lately. Probably because I've been giving myself a lot of personal pep talks to "g...

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time. My sexuality is a part ...

Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley was born January 27, 1941, in Chester, England. Her father was a minister, and her mother was a cellist and ...

I don't know a lot about climbing. I'm terribly afraid of falling, and think it's a great personal achievement to make it half...

On January 23, 1997, Madeleine Albright took office as the 64th U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first female to hold that position, an...

Dr. Elion is one of my personal heroines. Besides the fact that her work directly benefits me and people I care about, she was also just a...

On January 23, 1848, Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United State...

I know this pain far too well. There have been times in my life where I stayed in a safe place too long. I stayed in bad jobs, in a terri...

I've been struggling lately to keep up with all the threads of my different dreams, and trying to find a way to braid some of the...