New Contest: They say women can’t drive…

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New Contest: They say women can’t drive…

Girls Can't WHAT? has teamed up with DriversEd.com to give away 5 Codes to access 10 FREE DMV Practice Tests! Get in the fast lane to your license with easy-to-understand online drivers ed. DriversEd.com's drivers ed course, let’s you learn when you ... Read more

Girls Can’t Play Baseball or Softball

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Sky Blue Baseball Team

At the age of 10, my youngest daughter has been playing softball for three years now. When I was her age, softball wasn't even an option let alone playing on an all-girls team.  If you were a girl and you ... Read more

5 Essential Books for Achieving Success

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Getting Things Done

This week's challenge has to do with reading.  No, I don't expect anyone to read all five books in one week, but I invite you to read through the description for each one and make a note of which ones ... Read more

Olympic Medalist Angela Ruggiero Was Cut From Hockey Team at Age 9

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Angela Ruggiero (credit- Mathew Edstrom)

Angela is a four-time Olympic ice hockey medalist, World Champion, National Champion and Harvard University graduate with almost every honor and distinction in the book. Angela fell in love with ice hockey as a young child, but since she was a girl, there ... Read more

Girls Can’t Be Lifeguards

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Light Lifeguard

Being a lifeguard is not as easy at it looks. It requires intense training and the job itself id very demanding. Lifeguards must be alert at all times and ready to tend to emergencies at a moment's notice. Some interesting facts ... Read more

Cathy was the first woman to play in the National Adult Marble Tournament

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Cathy the Marble Lady

I grew up with 4 brothers and I was often told I couldn't do certain things... but my grandmother told me differently and I valued her opinion to the utmost! In 1992 I was the first woman to ever play in ... Read more

Bora Encourages Girls to Get Educated

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Bora Encourages Girls to Get Educated

I had never had anybody say you can not do it because you are a girl. But I had seen people underestimating my ability. Like once I try to join a local flag football team and the coach thought I ... Read more

World Champion Poker Player Beth Shak Proves She is More Than a Pretty Face

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Beth with Cards

As a female in the traditionally male dominated sport of poker, Beth Shak has spent her entire professional career breaking down the barriers that female poker players are forced to face. As a world champion poker player (who was also named ... Read more

Post Office Now Approves of Women Working

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Women Working Construction Sign

Yesterday I posted that The US Post Office Doesn’t Approve of Women Working.  Confused by their rejection of my design on a postage stamp, I decided to submit two more variations to see what the real problem was.  See if ... Read more

Mixed Martial Arts Needs Your Support in NY

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Mixed Martial Arts Needs Your Support in NY

This article is a guest post from Alexia Krause: With the New York state deficit hitting $8 billion, steps need to be taken in order to right the ship that is the state's budget. Recently New York Gov. David Paterson stated ... Read more

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