Today, Google inspired me to write about women-led restaurants. The toughest thing about supporting women by going to female-owned restaurants is figuring out which local eateries are actually owned or run by women. That is where RestaurantHER comes in to save the day! About RestaurantHER Grubhub and Seamless sponsor RestaurantHER to help customers locate and…
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International Women’s Day: History, Controversy, Celebration
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year. While some take this to be a lighthearted day to celebrate the wonderful women in the world with flowers, others use it to fight for women’s rights. There are also people who are not huge fans. In fact, there are a lot of controversies surrounding…
Masako Katsura: The Woman Behind Today’s Google Doodle
A few weeks ago I wrote about Zitkala-Sa, who was featured on Google Doodle. Google likes to feature inspiring people in their Doodles, and today the spotlight is on Masako Katsura, who is known as the “First Lady of Billiards.” Billiards was originally a game monopolized by men. However, Masako came out of the woodworks…
Zitkala-Sa: The Woman Behind Today’s Google Doodle
Zitkala-Sa (Zitkála-Šá) also known under her missionary-given name, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and suffragist. Today would have been Zitkala-Sa’s 145th birthday. Among her greatest achievements was getting US citizenship for American Indians through the passing of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Thank you Google Doodle for featuring her!…
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