https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/dame_stephanie_shirley_why_do_ambitious_women_have_flat_heads.html
Shirey founded a $3 billion all-woman software company in the UK in the 1960’s, and made millionaires of 70 of her team members. Her company, Freelance Programers, is a software firm with innovative work practices. Filmed March 2015 at TED2015.
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The Untold Story of American Scientists
Listen to women from across the Administration tell the stories of their personal heroes across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Presented by The White House’s STEM program.
Jean Jennings Bartik, ENIAC Programmer
Bartik was hired as one of the original six programmers of ENIAC, the first all-electronic, programmable computer. She joined Frances “Betty” Snyder Holberton, Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum and Frances Bilas Spence on this unknown journey. © 2011 Computer History Museum. Girl Power Night. Read more from Walter Isaacson on The Women of ENIAC.
Danika Patrick, Racer
http://embed.5min.com/517412474/
Danica Patrick talks about racing go-karts in her youth, the short history of women racers, and her groundbreaking win. © Makers 2012.
Women’s Suffrage Education
The right of women to vote varies across the globe. Women in the USA protested for a century to finally receive the vote in 1920. When our rights are questioned on a regular basis, we need reminders of what we have accomplished and what we deserve to keep. “Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the generations of brave women who joined together in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment.” © Soomo Publishing 2012.
We Were There historical movie of women laborors
“We Were There” theme song written by Bev Grant for this multi-media show about women’s labor history. © 2008 Bev Grant.