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WHYY Pioneering Women Podcast: Florynce Kennedy

Florynce Kennedy was a lawyer and an outspoken activist. In her trademark cowboy hat and pink sunglasses, she was both a gadfly and a catalyst for change. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

Women 100 Special Report: The Launch of Vision2020Votes

This Special Report from Vision 2020’s Women 100 announces the launch of Vision2020Votes with the goal to break the record for women voting in the 2020 national election. Learn more and sign up at vision2020votes.org.

WHYY Pioneering Women Podcast: Bernice Sandler

Bernice Sandler is considered the godmother of Title IX, a 1972 regulation that banned sex discrimination in schools that accept federal funds. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Podcast: Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862 and dedicated her life to exposing the injustices of racism and sexism and the devastation of mob violence. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Podcast: Reshma Saujani

Reshma Saujani is the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit that works to increase the number of teen girls who choose a college major in computer science. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

Women 100 Monthly Newsletter: Unfinished Business March 2020

The monthly newsletter of Women 100 includes updates on upcoming signature events as well as news related to women, equality, and the national celebration of the19th Amendment centennial.

Photos from VIP Preview Party for Seat at the Table Exhibition

VIP guests at the Preview Party included US Senator Bob Casey, Terese Casey, PA First Lady Frances Wolf, Vision 2020 Founder and President Lynn Yeakel, Dianne Semingson and Drexel University President John Fry. Terese Casey, Frances Wolf and Dianne Semingson all serve in high-level volunteer roles for Vision 2020’s Women 100.

Philadelphia Sun article featuring Women 100

Celebrating Women’s History Month in Philadelphia 2020

Vision 2020’s Women 100: A Celebration of American Women was featured in a March 6 Philadelphia Sunday Sun story about Women’s History Month.

NBC10: Tracy Davidson Reports on Opening of Seat at the Table Exhibition

NBC10 News covered the opening of the Seat at the Table Exhibition at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on March 1. Watch the clip.

WHYY Pioneering Women Podcast: Emma González

With other survivors of the Parkland, FL school shooting, Emma González, organized the 2018 March for Our Lives protest in Washington, D.C., where she gave a powerful speech that brought her into the media limelight. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi is a business executive named as one of the world’s most powerful women by Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Shirley Chisholm

In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress. In 1972, she ran for President — the first African American to seek a major party’s nomination. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

CBS3: Drexel University’s Seat at the Table Exhibit Celebrates 19th Amendment

CBS3 covered the opening of the Seat at the Table Exhibition at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on March 1. Watch news clip

Vision 2020 Leaders Interviewed on PHL-17 Public Affairs Program

Lynn H. Yeakel, founder and president of Vision 2020, and Elowyn Corby, program manager, were interviewed on the WPHL-TV (PHL-17) public affairs program “Politics in Focus” about nonpartisan, yearlong plans aimed at achieving women’s economic, political and social equality.

For the first time, an NHL game will be broadcast and produced entirely by women

On Sunday, in honor of International Women’s Day, Kathryn Tappen will become a part of history when she anchors the country’s first NHL game broadcast and produced exclusively by women.

Forget #WomensHistoryMonth. We celebrate the accomplishments of women every week.

In a ranking of the worst and best states for women gauged along two main axes — economic & social well-being and women’s health & safety — Pennsylvania’s overall ranking is 28th out of 51; New Jersey is 17th; Delaware is 11th.

Speakers Announced for Women's Leadership Forums

Girls Inc. CEO Stephanie J. Hull is among the thought leaders who are panelists for the Women’s Leadership Forums taking place April 1 as part of Women 100: A National Celebration of American Women.

Wharton names Erika James first female dean of University of Pennsylvania’s famed business school

Currently dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, she will be the first woman and first person of color to lead the 139-year-old business school when she starts on July 1.

Katherine Johnson Dies at 101; Mathematician Broke Barriers at NASA

She was one of a group of African American women mathematicians at NASA and its predecessor who were celebrated in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures.”

Women 100 Monthly Newsletter: Unfinished Business February 2020

The monthly newsletter of Women 100 includes updates on upcoming signature events as well as news related to women, equality, and the national celebration of the19th Amendment centennial.

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