Tag Archives: SheHeroes

Girls, Baseball & National Girls & Women In Sports Day

Did you know today was National Girls & Women In Sports Day? If you’re unfamiliar with National Girls and women in Sports Day, here is the lowdown from their website: “On February 1, 2012, thousands of sports educators, coaches, athletic … Continue reading

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SheHeroes on the Mat

Wrestling can certainly be considered one sport where women still really struggle to be taken seriously, especially at the high school level. But based on stories like this it seems safe to be hopeful that things are changing. The other … Continue reading

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Why Challenging Lego Matters

It seems that everyday there is a new take on the great Lego Friends Debacle. Each one is just as thoughtful and brilliant as the next. All of our favorite friends and orgs have had something to say about the … Continue reading

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Inspiring Whenever and Wherever We Can

Of the different things I do at my kid’s school throughout the year my favorite is by far volunteering in the library twice a week. Once with each of my children’s classes. One weekly visit with my son’s third grade … Continue reading

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SheHeroes at Sea

A really interesting story went viral today. We of course couldn’t help but spread the story ourselves by posting it on Facebook. It was the story of Jeanne Baret, a pioneering botanist, and the first woman to circle the globe. … Continue reading

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Sheheroes in the South Pole

One of the fun parts of celebrating Christmas and Santa today is by following Santa’s trip around the world on Christmas Eve via Norad (you can check it out on Facebook, Twitter or via the website). But I recently discovered … Continue reading

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Girly Legos – The Gateway Toy

Now I have to admit that I am the first one to roll my eyes at Lego’s whole new girl targeted line of “Girl Legos.“ I wish so much that Legos could just be Legos and girls and boys who like … Continue reading

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She Can Do Anything

Last week on Facebook you may have seen the fabulous story we posted about the 17-year-old SheHero, Angela Zhang, who created a Nanoparticle that kills cancer. That’s right, kills cancer. Zhang’s project “Design of Image-guided, Photo-thermal Controlled Drug Releasing Multifunctional … Continue reading

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Rethinking Miley

I have to admit that with my daughter only being six we kind of missed the Hannah Montana boat. Not that my daughter doesn’t know Hannah Montana or adore her for that matter. But I’ve never really encouraged a lot … Continue reading

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J.K. Rowling & Finding Inspiration on The Bookshelf

This past weekend was the DVD release of the final Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows II. Having not seen it in theaters the kids and I were very excited to run and purchase the DVD first … Continue reading

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