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Keisha Greaves: Disability Does Not Define Me
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Features Keisha Greaves: Disability Does Not Define Me

Keisha Greaves was diagnosed with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (MD) at the age of 24. Keisha has always had a passion for fashion, she received a ba...

The Life and Accomplishments of Mary Katherine Goddard
Features The Life and Accomplishments of Mary Katherine Goddard

Meet Mary Katherine Goddard, printer and postmaster to the Second Continental Congress in Baltimore....

Maya Angelou -- The Colored Woman Whose Words Still Heal a Thousand Years of Social Wounds
Features Maya Angelou -- The Colored Woman Whose Words Still Heal a Thousand Years of Social Wounds

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people wil...

Elizabeth Elting: The woman who has braved all odds to break barriers
Features Elizabeth Elting: The woman who has braved all odds to break barriers

 “Focus your efforts on building the best team, finding the right salespeople and hiring the mo...

Christina June Author of Everywhere You Want To Be
Features Christina June Author of Everywhere You Want To Be

Being an author today is very similar to establishing and running a business. Women authors are entr...

Business Owners Evelyn In Conversation With Margo Lovett
Features Business Owners Evelyn In Conversation With Margo Lovett

I’m Margo Lovett, and I believe in reinvention. I consider myself a reinvented person because I took...

Interview With Marcia Teperman
Features Interview With Marcia Teperman

Marcia is a remarkable woman who had several twists in her life. The turns made her the woman and pe...

An Interview with Marie Lavender
Features An Interview with Marie Lavender

1. Tell us a little bit about your books and why you became an author?I’ve published and written in...

Manal al-Sharif: Dare to Drive a Car
Features Manal al-Sharif: Dare to Drive a Car

 “My face is my identity. No one will cover it. I’m proud of my face. If my face bothers you, d...

An interview with Laura Shovan
Features An interview with Laura Shovan

Women leaders are all around us. They are not only business owners but also dominating in other prof...

Michelle Obama: The Champion for Women
Features Michelle Obama: The Champion for Women

‘I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values - and follow my own moral compa...

The Businesswoman: Mary Barra
Features The Businesswoman: Mary Barra

"What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life,...

How My Divorce Embrace My Life's Calling
Features How My Divorce Embrace My Life's Calling

They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I have always hated that expression. I recen...

Riding High In Heels - How Iman Oubou Is Redefining Women in Business
Features Riding High In Heels - How Iman Oubou Is Redefining Women in Business

“Just because she’s wearing a pair of hot pink pair of stilettos doesn’t mean she didn’t just close...

Away at Work: How Stephanie Korey Is Changing the Way the World Travels
Features Away at Work: How Stephanie Korey Is Changing the Way the World Travels

“Don’t be afraid to take risks and embrace mistakes. Failure is the best way to ensure you’re always...

Brewing Success
Features Brewing Success

“I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succ...