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Reflections on the Equal Rights Amendment

We here at SheHeroes couldn't be happier regarding the recent Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality. We have said all along that more women on the bench will bring more equality to the masses. And the ruling is long, long overdue. But we still have much more work to ahead of us. The Constitution is […]

If Our Sons Were Treated Like Our Daughters

Come with me. Let's open the door to a parallel universe. You unlock this door with a key of imagination, just like on The Twilight Zone. Here in this parallel world, the rules are different because gender roles are flipped. Loving parents and teachers accept this strange culture as if it's not so bad, or […]

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Nobel Prize Winner

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on 12th May 1910. She was a scientist & peace campaigner, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Born in Egypt to British parents, Dorothy developed an interest in chemistry at the young age of 10. At school she and one other girl were allowed to join the boys for […]

Emilie du Chatelet - SheHeroes In STEM!

I’ve always been something of a history nerd. I come from a long line of history teachers, so I grew up watching Ken Burns’ documentaries, voraciously consuming books about historical figures, and enduring my father’s repetitive jokes about the battle strategies of the French. What most fascinated me, though, was the ever-evolving role of women in history, from Queen […]

Lorna Wing – SheHeroes In STEM!

Lorna Wing (1928 – 2014) became one of the world’s leading experts in autism; she died in June this year. Lorna was born in Kent and trained as a medical doctor, specialising in psychiatry. She met her future husband while studying medicine and they had a daughter, who was diagnosed in 1962 at the age […]

Karolina Widerström - SheHeroes In STEM Series!

Karolina Widerström, born in 1856, enjoyed a long and productive career not only as a physician but also as a politician and a champion of women’s rights. Her father, a physiotherapist, encouraged his daughter to follow in his footsteps, which she did. However, Widerström soon realised that she wanted to go into medicine. Women were […]

The Munitionettes of World War I - SheHeroes In STEM Series!

This week’s post is a little different, instead of focusing on one named SheHero I want to write a about the SheHeroes who worked in the munitions factories during the First World War, whose names have been forgotten; the Munitionettes. I have recently been able to look into the role these women fulfilled and find out […]

Irène Joliot-Curie - SheHeroes In STEM Series!

Irène Joliot-Curie was a Nobel Prize winning chemist, and daughter of famed scientist Marie Curie. When it comes to great women from history, almost everyone has heard of Marie Curie, the great scientist who won two Nobel Prizes. Less well known is her equally brilliant daughter, Irène. Irène was born on 12th September 1897 in Paris where her famous parents […]

Are You Dressing Your Child for Success or Failure?

By Guest Contributor, Monica Lowry As SheHeroes' literature points out, career development starts during childhood, "but children often limit their career goals to out-dated stereotyped professions based on gender." It's obvious that if we want to start broadening the horizons and futures of girls, it’s vital to start when they're young. However, most children are […]

Our Favorite 2014 Holiday Gift Guides

If you're still looking for gifts for the SheHeroes and Heroes in your life, you're not too late to find gifts with strong empowering message or that are gender neutral and perfect for all people left on your holiday shopping list. And we have the perfect Holiday Gift Guides to help! We have compiled a handful […]

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