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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation. Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts. Lorraine Hansberry.

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Solutionary Women: Jessica Jackley Flannery of Kiva

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She made her payment and here's how her business is doing, and here's a picture of the new goat that she got. I have a wonderful family and had just the best childhood and the best growing up. Over the next nine months, you would get emails saying, "Hey, Jane made her payment today of $25.00 or $30.00," or whatever her schedule is.

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