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Becky Hammon Makes History as the NBA's First Female Full-Time Coach
Becky Hammon made history this week when she accepted a position as the first full-time, paid female assistant coach in the NBA. She’ll be coaching for the San Antonio Spurs, a team with—according to...
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Maryam Mirzakhani is the First Woman to Win the 'Nobel of Math'
The Iranian mathematician is the first woman to receive the Fields Medal after 52 male winners.
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Throwback Thursday: FDNY's First Female Firefighter Says 'Enough is Enough'
This year, four new women will join the FDNY, bringing the total number of women in its ranks to 41. There are 10,400 firefighters and officers in New York City altogether. Women were first allowed to...
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13-Year-Old Alyssa Carson Is Training to Be the First Human on Mars
Alyssa Carson, a 13-year-old from Baton Rouge, has other-worldly ambitions, and shooting for the moon is not enough. She wants to be on the first human mission to Mars, predicted to be in 2030. Her far...
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Katherine Johnson Went to College at 15--Then She Calculated the Path to the...
When Katherine Johnson started college (at age 15), she never dreamed she’d be involved in space. At the time, she remembers that as a woman, “You could be a nurse or a teacher.” But numbers had always...
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MAKERS in the Making: 5 Teen Leaders and Their Goals for 2015
Every week, we’ll be highlighting young women who have MAKERS potential, people who seek to make a difference in the world, who take initiative and break new ground. Today, we take a look at five teens...
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Meet the First Female Pilot in the Blue Angel’s 69-Year History
The Blue Angels are the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, showing people across the country the techniques Navy aviators are capable of--performing some maneuvers that put planes 18-inches...
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Meet the 20 MAKERS Inducted Into the National Women's Hall of Fame
The National Women's Hall of Fame hosted its 2015 induction ceremony over the weekend. Ten women who have been pioneers in their various industries including education, politics, business arts, media,...
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9 Times Feminism Ruled 2015
MAKERS TeamThe year 2015 was a triumphant one for women across all industries.From sports champions, to human rights activists, to influential Hollywood icons, women thrived in the spotlight, knocking...
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Female Athletes Who Overcame Adversity While Making Olympic History
MAKERS TeamTraining for the Olympics is already a challenge, but it's made even more difficult when you have the odds stacked against you. Let's take a look at some of the 2016 female athletes who have...
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