This morning, Kasandra Perkins, a 22 year-old mother of a three month-old baby girl, was shot and killed by her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher. She was murdered at the Chief’s practice facility […]
Try to imagine the pain associated with acid eating away at your skin. Sonali Mukherjee of New Delhi was awakened one night nine years ago, “They came in the dead of night, broke into her home as she slept and poured a cocktail of acids over her face — burning her skin, melting her eyelids, nose, mouth and ears, and leaving her partially deaf and almost blind.” She was just 17. […]
The Orlando Sentinel wrote a story about Mary Ragan. It would serve as her obituary. She may not have ever earned an MTV award or cohosted on The View, but she was a giant among […]
When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was not our best holiday. My mother and father would get up early to put the turkey in the oven, creating a film of heat that wafted throughout the […]
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill spoke this immortal words on August 16, 1940. He was referring to the heroic efforts of […]
A picture is certainly worth a thousand words and this photo of Italy’s Member of European Parliament (MEP) Licia Ronzulli is spectacular. She was elected in 2009 and has done more than fight for […]
“There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move – […]
A BIG thank you to the women who took on the U.S. political establishment last night and secured historic victories. Of note is an incredibly telling victory in New Hampshire, which is now the first […]
When women see Joe Paterno, they see a football coach. Apparently, when the Penn State campus police, the Penn State Athletic Director, its President and a graduate assistant see him, they see legend. Or at […]
I think it’s time to introduce a new conspiracy theory. Mine involves the Violence Against Women’s Act that was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. The Act is a U.S. federal law […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month as well as more than a dozen other designations: Adopt a Shelter Dog Month American Pharmacist Month Apple Jack Month Awareness Month […]
“Women are also more active in their use of these sites, with more than half of female internet users using social networking sites on a typical day (54%), compared with 42% of male internet users.” […]
By 2018, women entrepreneurs will create more than half of all small business jobs! Via: OnlineBusinessDegree.org
Jennifer Bennett, 23, must have been excited for her first date with Thomas Bray. He was good looking, a doctor and a teacher at the local community college. None-the-less, she had met him online […]
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