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Join UsMeet the woman who gave the world antiviral drugs
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National Geographic
Fifty years ago, few scientists believed a drug could fight viruses with low side effects. Then Gertrude Elion showed the doubters "what I could do on my own."
Meet the all-female fire crew who just made history: ‘We rise by lifting others’
Terri Peters /
Today
"We build each other up and we rise by lifting others."
Duke University names building after a Black woman for the first time in campus history
Amir Vera /
CNN
"When the building that now bears Professor Reuben-Cooke's name first opened, she would not have been allowed to enter it as a student. From this day forward, anyone who passes through its doors will carry on her legacy of accomplishment, engagement and lasting impact."
Chadwick Boseman Took Pay Cut To Give Sienna Miller Salary She ‘Deserved’
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Huffington Post
Miller, who starred with the late actor in "21 Bridges," said the gesture was the “most astounding thing that I’ve experienced.”
A Girl Wanted to Try Out for Boys’ Tennis. Ginsburg Helped Make It Happen.
Andrew Keh /
The New York Times
In the early 1970s, a law professor named Ruth Bader Ginsburg took on a case that paved the way for a 15-year-old girl in New Jersey to play on a boys’ high school team.
Viral manicurist Nen10doe defies gender norms in the cosmetics world
Kennedey Bell /
Good Morning America
"No one ever saw a tatted-up guy with black nails masculinely doing nails, confidently, and the nails done correctly."