In the scientific community, Lynn Margulis is known as a rebel – and she’s as synonymous with the theory of symbiosis as Charles Darwin is with evolution. Her serial endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell development, the idea that early cells combined to become more complex, completely revolutionized the conception of how life began on earth…
Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders of Utah for 2022. These individuals are honored for their dedication and efforts in industries including education, healthcare, technology, financial services and more. In this state, women were enfranchised 50 years before most American women and were the first women in America to vote under an equal suffrage law…
Anna Chlumsky shot to stardom at age 11, portraying the beloved Vada Sultenfuss in the movies “My Girl” and “My Girl 2,” released in 1991 and 1994, respectively. Upon seeing her best friend in his coffin after his untimely death in the film, she shattered hearts everywhere with the line, “He can’t see without his glasses”…
Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders of Utah for 2022. These individuals are honored for their dedication and efforts in industries including education, healthcare, technology, financial services and more. In this state, women were enfranchised 50 years before most American women and were the first women in America to vote under an equal suffrage law…
Ambassador Victoria Nuland currently serves as Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, making her the State Department’s highest-ranking career official. She was a Political Officer at the United States Embassy in Russia from 1991 until 1993 and built an enviable career of over three decades in the Foreign Services…
Most people are familiar with the cliché regarding family that says “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” In the case of Rebecca Miller, the daughter of famous playwright Arthur Miller and photographer Inge Morath, the cliché proves true…
Marilynne Summers Robinson’s brother predicted that she would be a poet when she was young. Considering she would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Humanities Medal, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, he wasn’t far off about her writing career…
Eleni Kounalakis (née Tsakopoulos) is the 50th Lieutenant Governor of California and the first woman to hold the position. She was elected on November 6, 2018 and was sworn into office in 2019…
Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders of Colorado for 2022. This state, known for its gorgeous landscapes, wildlife, and adventure, is home to countless women who are bringing success to the organizations they serve…
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,” suffragist, feminist, and women’s rights activist Alice Paul said. Paul was at the forefront of the emerging women’s rights movement in the early 1900s and was determined to secure the right to vote for the more than 20 million women that were denied it…
