All you have to do is peruse our videos of the many SheHeroes we have interviewed here to know that there are a million different reasons why we would call someone a SheHero. And one amazing reason would be women who have transformed Personal Pain into Positive Action. Over at the Pixel project they recently […]
For the first time in history The Coast Guard has chosen a woman to lead the academy in Connecticut. Rear Adm. Sandra Stosz will be the first female superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Stosz will take over when classes open next summer. Adm. Bob Papp, commandant of the Coast Guard, said in […]
Recently a touching blog post about bullying was posted on Chicagonow.com and became a viral sensation it shouldn’t have been a surprise. But it was the context of the bullying discussed in the post that seemed to hit home with the thousands of people. People who shared it on Facebook, twitter, blogged about it on […]
Though strides are made in women’s sports by individual women every single day across the nation, there are certain strides that need to be made at a higher level by organizations that actually put on some of the higher profile sporting events during the year. That’s why we were excited to hear the news that […]
At SheHeroes one of our main goals is highlighting the achievements of amazing and inspiring women. Especially when those achievements have been made in fields that generally don’t see a lot of women in them. It’s important for young girls to be exposed to women in such fields so that they understand that they too […]
Raye Mitchell has a graduate degree in business and a law degree from Harvard. She operates a law firm out of her hometown of Oakland, CA and is a recipient of the Jefferson Award. All the makings of a true SheHero, right? Of course, but there’s more to Mitchell than that.
Last week was the 2010 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. The Clinton Global Initiative's main goal is to “turn ideas into action and to help our world move beyond the current state of globalization to a more integrated global community of shared benefits, responsibilities, and values.” Annual CGI meetings have been attended by […]
We have all seen magazines on the newsstands overflowing with images of airbrushed actresses and supermodels. A lot of research has shown in recent years that those images have a major impact on young girls, the increase of eating disorders among them and their self-image. While watchdog groups attempt to point out airbrushed supermodels on […]
Nothing is more inspiring than using your celebrity to help young girls feel better about themselves. And that’s what California’s first daughter and part of the Kennedy dynasty, Katherine Schwarzenegger has written her first book, “Rock What You’ve Got: Secrets to Loving Your Inner and Outer Beauty.” It may seem strange that a girl who’s […]
Reports that were recently released show some dismal statistics. It appears that girls today are no more interested in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) than they were 10 - 20 years ago. According to a study from the Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of Colorado at Boulder getting girls to […]
