Girls Outdoor Leadership Development (GOLD) inspires courage and leadership in girls and women through the integrated exploration of the arts and the natural environment.
Through the YMCA’s GOLD programs, girls discover and nurture their true selves, learn about community and the environment, develop responsibility, and gain the skills to confidently articulate and pursue their individual goals and aspirations.
Born in Ixelles, Belgium as Audrey Kathleen Ruston, Hepburn spent her childhood chiefly in the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem, Netherlands, during the Second World War.
She studied ballet in Arnhem and then moved to London in 1948, where she continued to train in ballet and worked as a photographer's model.
I've got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American autobiographer and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton.
She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.
Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American author and teacher. She is better known for her fiction and poetry than her other works.
A 1963 graduate of Barnard College, and with an M.A. in 18th century English Literature from Columbia University (1965).
Jong is best known for her first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), which created a sensation with its frank treatment of a woman's sexual desires.