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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Gabriela Mistral. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. Edmonia Lewis.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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of total philanthropic resources each year that actually directly go to benefit women and girls, and that includes both domestic and international grant making. I remember a very wonderful woman from Sierra Leone, Sarandabba, saying to me, "You know in a war, women are raped, but Mother Earth is also raped.

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