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Fifteen Famous Firsts from 1900 - present day

Mar 13, 2012

These women, from Jeannette Rankin to Sally Ride, are true leaders who took courageous steps in the history of the United States. It was really hard to choose only 10, so now there are 15, but so many amazing women are not on this list. Please add...

Tagged: women, womens history, famous firsts, leaders

Girl Scouts campaign for female leadership

Feb 15, 2012

As an elementary student, I participated in Girl Scouts. Through Girl Scouts, I made new friends, volunteered in my community, and like all girl scouts, sold cookies. My troop would set a goal for the number of cookies we aimed to sell, and thanks...

Tagged: girl scouts, leadership, women, caroline

Where are the women MBA and engineering students?

Jun 14, 2011

There have been at least a couple of things posted recently about the lack of women in certain fields of study, namely science/engineering and business. “The UK needs to recruit 13,000 automotive, mechanical and aerospace engineers every year just...

Tagged: women, college, mba, engineering, stem, scholarships


News Items

Applications are available!

Nov 2, 2011

JRF’s application season has started! To see the criteria for applying visit this page: http://rankinfoundation.org/students You can download the application here: http://rankinfoundation.org/students/applications Be sure to check out the ha...

Tagged: application, scholarship, women, lowincome

New scholar video from Bonnie Marcus

May 10, 2011

Bonnie spoke at our Annual Dinner last year, and now she’s updating everyone on her progress. Check out her video! To see it on YouTube, click here.

Tagged: bonnie, scholar video, education, women

What will you do for Mother's Day?

May 4, 2011

Instead of fretting over what to get that special woman in your life this Mother’s Day, give a gift that will empower another exceptional woman. Donate to JRF in honor of your mom, aunt, mentor or friend and we’ll send them a nifty car...

Tagged: mothers day, women, honor cards


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