Women and Adversity

Women and Adversity Laurie Adams Women for Women International CEO One of Forbes 50 Over 50

December 11, 2025

Women and Adversity Laurie Adams, CEO Women for Women International One of Forbes 50 Over 50 In December I repost the women I featured through the year. It was tough choosing only a few women fr ...

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY ISABELLA AIUKLI CORNELL CITIZEN OF CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA ACTIVIST FOR NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN

November 27, 2025

   WOMEN AND ADVERSITY ISABELLA AIUKLI CORNELL CITIZEN, CHOCTAW NATION                   OF OKLAHOMA            ACTIVIST FOR  NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN Isabella Aiukli(Eye⸍ ah ...

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY: LaDONNA HARRIS FOUNDED AMERICANS FOR INDIAN OPPORTUNITY NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

November 13, 2025

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY:      DONNA HARRIS FOUNDED AMERICANS FOR INDIAN OPPORTUNITY NOVEMBER: NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH  Ladonna Vita Tabbytite’s mother was Lilly Tabbytite, a Native Ame ...

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY MARÍA CORINA MACHADO PARISCA VENEZUELAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2025

October 23, 2025

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY: MARÍA CORINA MACHADO PARISCA VENEZUELAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST     AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2025 María Corina Machado Parisca has demonstrated the determination, tenacity ...

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY ELINOR “LIN” AWAN OSTROM FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES, 2009

October 9, 2025

   WOMEN AND ADVERSITY ELINOR “LIN” AWAN OSTROM                     2009 FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES Elinor “Lin” Awan Ostrom was of the era when wo ...

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY ADA MONZÓN METEOROLOGIST, PUERTO RICO NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

September 25, 2025

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY ADA MONZÓN METEOROLOGIST, PUERTO RICO NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH  Until the 1970s, men dominated news broadcasting, including weather, but when the Equal Rights Amend ...

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY: CAROLINA CRUZ-NEIRA PIONEER IN VIRTUAL REALITY NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

September 11, 2025

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY: CAROLINA CRUZ-NEIRA PIONEER IN VIRTUAL REALITY NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH  I remember seven years ago going to a virtual reality arcade to cover a story I was assigned ...

Women and Adversity: Davonne Reaves, Entrepreneur, Hotel Owner August is Black Business Month

August 28, 2025

Women and Adversity: Davonne Reaves, Entrepreneur Hotel Owner August is Black Business Month Davonne Reaves has achieved recognition and success by being positive about her goals. She has said so ...

Women and Adversity: Sheila Johnson: Women and Adversity: Sheila Johnson, Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Black Entertainment Television August is Black Business Month

August 14, 2025

Women and Adversity: Sheila Johnson, Entrepreneur Co-founder,  Black Entertainment Television August is Black Business Month Besides being the first woman to have part ownership in three sport ...

Women and Adversity: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin Grande Dame of Champagne

July 24, 2025

Women and Adversity: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin Grande Dame of Champagne When I told my nephew, actor Robert Wilde, that I write this blog, he said Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin (pronounce ...

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