Badass Women

Dr. Pareena G. Lawrence’s experience as a student in an all-girls school unveiled a passion for economics that eventually led to...

When the #MeToo movement first gained traction, I never imagined that I’d see the movement with my own two eyes. But...

13-year-old Diana Yturbe from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey has officially proven that girls can be successful weightlifters at any age. Yturbe...

Jamaica’s population of women outnumbers men. As a result, women have become key leaders in three different Christian denominations in Jamaica:...

Growing up in Canada, Gabrielle Degagne never noticed the lack of female role models in extreme sports. It wasn’t until she...

In 1995, a young woman ascended the steps leading up to a big white building to begin an unpaid internship that...

325 years after its founding, the College of William and Mary (W&M) in Williamsburg, VA has appointed scholar Katherine Rowe to...

Helen Sloane Dudman, 93, an Ellsworth, Maine-based businesswoman and a pioneer of state freedom of information laws, passed away from congestive heart...

I recently had the chance to interview Hayley Mills, an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and BAFTA-winning actor who is currently continuing...

Meet Kikkan Randall, or “Kikkanimal,” a cross-country skier who has earned six “firsts” throughout her career and made an incredible comeback this...

In India, over 5.5M people live with disabilities related to mobility, yet most hotels, vehicles, and toilets are inaccessible to those...

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist Asma Jahangir. She...

Mirai Nagasu’s parents wanted their daughter to play golf, but a rainy day forced the family indoors and Nagasu discovered the...

On March 27th, 2001, 18-year-old Linda Loaiza was kidnapped in Caracas, Venezuela by a man named Luis Alberto Carrera Almoina. Loaiza’s...

When 15-year-old Pinky Kumari refused to be married off to a 22-year-old widowed man, her story brought to light the ever-present...

Though Saudi Arabia is known as one of the most restrictive countries for women, the nation has been making some progress...

Must all dancers use their legs for graceful movements? Samantha Ross, a 27-year-old dancer with Spina Bifida who uses a wheelchair,...

Bad Girl RiRi is undeniably a badass. Rihanna’s name has been relevant in the entertainment industry for years, but in early...

Three Nigerian women – Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, and Akuoma Omeoga – have made history this Winter Olympics as the first-ever...

83 years ago, Mary McLeod Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), launching an inevitable wave of revolution for...

DeJuan Burns of Prince George’s County, Maryland has always known that she wanted to help people look their absolute best. “When...

Fireman Sam is a popular British children’s show about, you guessed it, a firefighter named Sam and other characters in the...

Meet Irene Ochem, a woman who has exactly what it takes to break boundaries in a society that holds women back....

For skydiver Bahareh Sassani, her favorite pastime begins with stepping out of a plane and falling thousands of feet toward her home...