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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.

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.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell was born during the Civil War, right after the Emancipation Proclamation. The daughter of former slaves, she was one of the first African American woman to earn a bachelor’s degree. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper was one of America’s first computer scientists and among the first women in the U.S. Navy to achieve the rank of rear admiral. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem was one of the most prominent faces of the feminist movement in the 1960s and 70s. She informed and influenced public opinion about “women’s liberation.” Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Alva Belmont

Alva Belmont used her wealth to support the women’s suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Dawn Staley

Dawn Staley, a Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, grew up playing against the boys in her North Philadelphia neighborhood.Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

WHYY Pioneering Women Profile: Jeanette Rankin

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress in 1917. She was born in 1880 on her parent’s ranch in Montana. Listen to the 1-minute podcast hosted by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after recording-setting 328 days in space

Returning to Earth after 328 days in orbit, NASA astronaut Christina Koch set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. Koch smiled as support crew helped her get out of the capsule that transported her from the International Space Station.

Women’s Equality Theme Prominent in Several Super Bowl Ads

The 2020 Super Bowl broadcast was peppered with 80 advertisements on a wide variety of themes. Three of the ads carried positive messages promoting women’s equality.

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Let’s Break the Record for Women Voting in the 2020 National Election!

A record-setting turnout by women voters is the most effective way to increase the power of women’s voices in decisions that affect society — and the best way to honor the suffragists who won the fight for women’s right to vote in 1920.

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