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Women and Adversity: Dr. Chevy Humphrey President and Chief Executive Officer

Women and Adversity: Dr. Chevy Humphrey President and Chief Executive Officer Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Forbes 50 Over 50  Dr. Chevy Humphrey is the first Black American ...

Women and Adversity: Book Review: 10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure by Teri M. Brown

Women and Adversity: Book Review 10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure By Teri M. Brown  10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure by Teri M. Brown recounts exactly what the title sugg ...

Women and Adversity: Darlene Goins

Women and Adversity Darlene Goins  Wells Fargo Foundation President Forbes 50 Over 50 Wells Fargo & Company announced in December 2023 that Darlene Goins would serve as president of the We ...

Women and Adversity 2025, Welcome!

WELCOME TO WOMEN AND ADVERSITY . I began writing this blog in 2014 and have never failed to find women who have overcome obstacles and, as a result, have influenced other women to overcome their o ...

Women and Adversity: Lorraine Hansberry, Lesbian, Playwright, Civil Rights Activist

Women and Adversity: Lorraine Hansberry  Lesbian, Playwright, Civil Rights Activist  In December I always repeat a post I think people will appreciate reading about again. Since I'm from the ...

Women and Adversity: Janet Murguía One of Forbes 50 Over 50 President and CEO of UnidosUS

Janet Murguía President and CEO UnidosUS Janet Murguía became president and CEO of UnidosUS, formerly the National Council of La Raza, on January 1, 2005. It is the largest civil rights advocacy ...

Women and Adversity: Elizabeth Magie Phillips Inventor of Monopoly Elizabeth “Lizzie” Magie was that rare woman in the 1800s who believed women could achieve as much as men even though they d ...

Women and Adversity: Dolores Huerta, Modern Suffragist

  “Identify me as an organizer,” Dolores Huerta says, her strong, vibrant tone defying her ninety years. “Learn that I’ve dedicated my life to teach people to be responsible. Use ...

Women and Adversity, Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists

Here is the third in my Women and Adversity series: Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified August 18, 1920, whi ...

Women and Adversity: Rajia Hassib, Part II Novelist

Part I of this blog appeared March 26. In it Rajia Hassib tells of returning to school and the stresses she experienced writing In the Language of Miracles. JAM: What was the biggest obstacle y ...