Amelia Earhart Plans Transcontinental Flight. The expression "spitting image" doesn't do her justice.
Amelia Rose Earhart shares the same name and passion as one of the most revered names in early aviation, and it's that same love for soaring the skies that's pushing the NBC news anchor to recreate her namesake's 1937 transcontinental journey. The main difference between then and now is preparation and technology — and just a bit of coincidence. As it turns out, Earhart is not a blood relative, but her family did live in a neighboring county to the aviatrix back in the early 1900s. Today's Earhart is planning a 100-hour flight scheduled for June 2014 that will be live-streamed and shared via social media. Earhart and co-pilot Patrick Carter will host real-time in-air Facebook and Twitter chats and, thanks to cameras mounted along the aircraft, from wing tip to fuselage, curious viewers will be able to watch their progress.
"I want people to really engage with this flight," Earhart told Mashable. Image: Hales Photography. The 25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century. Top 10 Most Influential Women. Mythology and legend are packed with powerful and influential women.
Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, war and the arts, presented humans with the chariot, plow, flute and bridle. It's hard to imagine life without her benevolent intervention. Pandora, on the other hand, cracked open a jar and let loose a world of pain and suffering. But you don't need to delve into fiction to find great women. History is full of significant females, from queens and criminals to artists and scientists. In compiling a new list, how do we decide who merits inclusion?
The women changed the opinions or actions of others.Their impact was international.Their influence was positive. Greatest Women in History - 75 Greatest American Women. Top 10 Greatest Women in History. History Following on from our lists of evil women and men in history, we are introducing our first list of great people.
The women I have selected have been great leaders, warriors, visionaries, or humanitarians. It has been incredibly difficult to rank this list (with the exception of position 1) so you should not consider it to be absolute. 10. Emmeline Pankhurst 1858 – 1928 Wikipedia In 1889 Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Franchise League, followed by the Women’s Social and Political Union in 1905. 9. Alice E. Kober, 43 - Lost to History No More. Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes. Image copyright Milla Kontkanen.
Wendy Davis, the next Governor of Texas? Let’s Make It Happen. A Point of View: The long march of everywoman. 5 July 2013Last updated at 16:19 GMT Forty years ago, a small publishing house set out to help redress the gender imbalance in literature and the media.
There is still work to be done, says Sarah Dunant. What does this description bring to mind? The books had deep olive spines. The lettering on the side was simple white and at the top was an image of a green apple, its juiciness guaranteed by the fact that someone had already taken a bite out of it. The message was clear. Soon all those green spines (we are in the late 70s and some will already recognise the design of the feminist press, Virago) started cosying up together on bookshelves. This is perhaps the moment for a full and frank personal disclosure - I have always loved music and I am a Virago author. The apple as a symbol of subversion wasn't original of course. The Beatles' label that spawned various logos And here's the thing.
Partly it was the contemporary work they published. A Women's Liberation Movement demonstration in 1971. For the GOP, it's not about being "Pro-Life," it's about a Thirst for Control over Women. Portraits of Albanian Women Who Have Lived Their Lives As Men. For her project Sworn Virgins of Albania, photographer Jill Peters visited to the mountain villages of northern Albania to capture portraits of “burneshas,” or females who have lived their lives as men for reasons related to their culture and society.
Many of the women assumed their male identities from an early age as a way to avoid the old codes that governed the tribal clans, which stated that women were the property of their husbands. Peters explains, The freedom to vote, drive, conduct business, earn money, drink, smoke, swear, own a gun or wear pants was traditionally the exclusive province of men. Young girls were commonly forced into arranged marriages, often with much older men in distant villages.
The Business 9 Women Kept A Secret For Three Decades, by Lori Weiss. Somewhere in West Tennessee, not far from Graceland, nine women -- or "The 9 Nanas," as they prefer to be called -- gather in the darkness of night.
At 4am they begin their daily routine -- a ritual that no one, not even their husbands, knew about for 30 years. They have one mission and one mission only: to create happiness. And it all begins with baked goods. Finding Ada — Bringing women in technology to the fore.