shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsWiki-a-thon engagement + simple how to pageThis International Women’s Day (and beyond) shift7, AnitaB.org, BlackComputHER, TimesUp Tech, AfroCROWD Wikimedia Initiative and User…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsMary McLeod Bethune, “The First Lady of the Struggle.”She was the preeminent female African American civil rights leader in the 1930s-50s.Jan 23, 2020Jan 23, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsKeani Reiner & Penny Martin led a Polynesian voyaging canoe crew, from Tahiti to HawaiiWhen you sail on that canoe, you come back and you look at things differently. The voyage was an eye opener for me to my culture, to my…Jan 20, 2020Jan 20, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsGloria E. Anzaldúa, explored intersectionality & challenged conceptions of borders with her writing“I will have my voice. Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent’s tongue — my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I…Jan 19, 2020Jan 19, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsMarjorie Ann “Marge” Anderson, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe leader“Women are moving into leadership at all levels, but to me not fast enough. When I first started here I was the only woman. You have to…Jan 18, 2020Jan 18, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsEliza Conley led legal and resistance efforts to protect Huron Indian CemeteryShe was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.Jan 17, 2020Jan 17, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsJosephine St. Pierre Ruffin, founded “The Women’s Era,” national newspaperShe also co-founded “The Women’s Era Club” for African-American women, and organized the “First National Conference of the Colored Women…Jan 16, 2020Jan 16, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsRepresentative Patsy Takemoto Mink co-authored Title IX legislation, & led on education and justice“Discrimination against women in education is one of the most insidious forms of prejudice extant in our nation.” — Representative Patsy T…Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsIda B. Wells, investigative journalist created ‘The Red Record’ & ‘The Reason Why.’“The way to right wrongs is to shine the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells-BarnettJan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
shift7inAmy Poehler's Smart GirlsPearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon developed pertussis vaccineRemembering the effectiveness of their collaborative approach, let’s work together as a national and global community to continue to help…Jan 13, 2020Jan 13, 2020