One of the biggest events to happen every year where I live is the annual rodeo. It’s known as the “World’s Fastest Rodeo” and is celebrating 90 years this year. Every year the Rodeo Queen and folks from the rodeo association visit the schools to teach kids about the rodeo and how using the cowboy […]
I recently came across something posted on Facebook that captured my eye. It was a blog post about a campaign from the Body Shop that had launched in the late nineties known as “the Ruby Campaign.” The Ruby campaign was part of a bigger ‘‘Love Your Body’’ campaign from the store. The Body Shop wanted […]
It seems that many parents these days (especially our readers here on the SheHeroes blog) are always looking for ways to somehow balance out gender identity for our young boys and girls as well as ways to call out toy companies, TV shows and clothing makers that help force certain gender ideas on children in […]
Here at SheHeroes we not only love to share stories about SheHeroes out and about making the world a better place today, but we also love to share stories of SheHeroes from history. One of my personal favorite SheHeroes in history, America's first female mayor. As it turned out America’s first female mayor holds another […]
My son is 8 years old. He is in the 2nd grade and surrounded some of the most amazing little 8-year-old girls I could ever imagine. Not only are they all beautiful in a million different ways, they all have these amazing personalities. Some are quiet and hard to reach at first. But when they […]
May 3 marked a special, yet not widely recognized anniversary in Women’s History. On that day in 1933 Nellie Tayloe Ross (one of my favorite SheHeroes in History) took office as the first female and longest serving Director of the US. Mint. But that wasn’t the only things Ross was known for. You would think […]
A common thread throughout the posts we do here on the SheHeroes Blog as well as the great stuff we find and share with our Facebook and Twitter friends is how we can get more girls into the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Statistics continue to show that while women are holding […]
One of the most fascinating things about the United States census is all the information it gives us as ways to understand numerous trends in lifestyle, family living, employment, and so much more. One of the interesting pieces of information to come from the 2010 census was released last week. Women have officially passed men […]
You may have seen the excerpt from Tina Fey’s new book, “Bossypants” making the rounds online this week. The adorable “Mother’s Prayer For Its Daughter” is an honest and funny look at all the things we want and don’t want for out daughters, as they grow older. After reading this I couldn’t help but look […]
A new study was recently published in the journal, Gender & Society, regarding the gender stereotypical messages to the 5 million American kids that are reading the Boy or Girl Scout handbooks. According to the study it appears girl scouts are steered away from scientific pursuits while boys are discouraged from pursuing artistic interests.
