Women are not only at the forefront of just about every field, industry, and movement—they’re defining them. This week, we’re sharing a few stories of women helping women, women lifting up entire communities and industries, girls tackling stereotypes and inequalities, women shooting for the (literal) moon, and more.
One Inspirational CEO and a Foundation at the Helm of Bridging Gaps in Entrepreneurship and Education, from Forbes—“A large dialogue at the Kauffman Foundation has surrounded ecosystem building. (Kauffman Foundation CEO Wendy) Guillies believes that by making the systems stronger and lifting up entrepreneurs, the foundation has been able to support those at the greatest periphery to access including womenentrepreneurs, entrepreneurs of color, those in rural areas and more that have traditionally had higher barriers to success. One piece of that puzzle has been an annual convening of ecosystem builders and mayors who have created a playbook for strong entrepreneurial communities.”
Without These Women, Man Would Not Have Walked on the Moon, from The Guardian—“All 12 people who walked on the moon were men. But among the 400,000 people who made it possible, there were numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses. Today, as America contemplates a return to the moon, there is resolve to ensure women aren’t in the background, but are instead the astronauts leading the way. Fifty years after Apollo, David Smith tells the stories of some of the women who helped put a man on the moon.”
Women in Science: Smashing Glass Ceilings and Glass Walls, from BBC News—“A woman engineer who worked on the moon landing spoke this week of how she was once told the control room was no place for women. Things have changed a lot in 50 years, but not as fast as some had hoped. BBC News spoke to five scientists from different generations who are breaking barriers in their field.”
Pramila Jayapal and Ayanna Pressley: Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Women’s Issue, from Teen Vogue—“The overwhelming share of individuals doing the life-supporting, honorable, and extremely challenging work of caring for our children, people with disabilities, and seniors are women. These types of female-dominated, low-paid jobs are in the fields with the largest projected growth over the next decade. […] All women—whether they are sports champions in the limelight or caregivers, servers, and others at the low end of the income ladder—deserve fair pay.”
Teen Girl Activists Take On Skeptical Boys, Annoying Buzzwords, from NPR—“I told him, I’m going to go to school and do science, and when I finish I’m going to medical school. And I can say that I was always at the top of my class.”
“Sometimes your community isn’t ready or they’re scared of the change that you’re trying to enact. And it doesn’t happen for a really long time. Eventually, you’ll get something done. You just have to stick through.”
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