Mona Eltahawy is a freelance Egyptian journalist based in America who for a long period wrote a weekly column for the Saudi-owned international Arab publication Asharq Al-Awsat.
Her articles were discontinued for being 'too critical' of the Egyptian regime, she claimed in an article she wrote for the International Herald Tribune.
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2014-08-01
Posted in Profiles & Bios
Girls are often taught to be good and nice and not to express their emotions - not the best path to becoming an emotionally intelligent woman who can stand in her own power!
Expert Rachel Simmons shares some great information on building EQ in girls in the short video below.
To summarise:
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2014-07-18
Posted in Lists & Lessons
Pullitzer Prize winner Laurel Ulrich is a historian of early America and the history of women, a university professor at Harvard University.
She is author of the quote: "Well-behaved women rarely make history."
Ulrich's innovative and widely influential approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people."
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2014-07-11
Posted in Profiles & Bios
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.
She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected actresses of the modern era. Her mastey of accents (see video clip below) is, in my opinion, unmatched by any actor, female or male. She is simply gorgeous in every sense.
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2014-06-17
Posted in Profiles & Bios
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, GBE (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English suffragist (one who campaigned for women to have the vote) and an early feminist.
She was born Millicent Garrett in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
As a suffragist, as opposed to a suffragette, she took a moderate line, but was a tireless campaigner.
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2014-06-14
Posted in Profiles & Bios