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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: Ana Marie Argilagos, CEO of Hispanics in Philanthropy

Women and Adversity: Ana Marie Argilagos President and CEO Hispanics in Philanthropy One of Forbes 50 Over 50 Ana Marie Argilagos became the chief executive officer of Hispanics in Philanthrop ...

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: LaTosha Brown, Black Voters Matter

Women and Adversity: LaTosha Brown Cofounder: Black Voters Matter One of Forbes 50 Over 50 LaTosha Brown understands how to get voters hyped to go to the polls. From the time she was six years ...

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 ...

Luzelma Garza Canales, Ph.D. Latina/Latino Advocate, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Luzelma Canales remembers the first time her father, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, could vote. He came home waving the receipt for the poll tax he paid. They may not have had milk that day, ...