When I was about 12, I became acutely aware of the perceived roles of men and women. I started asking lots of questions such as “Why are there no female …

I am teaching an all girls single gender class in a public school. They are 4th-grade girls from low-income families.

I am trying to empower them. We talk about how some …

As a trans woman, I used to feel like I had to subject to the typical stereotype of women to be considered one. Even if I don’t “dress like a …

My feminism has been a bit dormant over the last decade as I focused on other social justice issues: education, race relation, health care. But now, under this administration and …

Whenever I see the original bathroom sign for women/girls, I can’t help but smile and picture the red cape. My t-shirt makes me feel strong, and it certainly catches people’s …

When I first started my job, I was in charge of a quality improvement project for which our hospital’s clinical engineering team were consulting.

I was the only female in the …

“Are you alone? Aren’t you afraid?” I got this response frequently when I knocked on a stranger’s door. “I’m okay” I responded. This was my job. I worked doing door …

My daughter and I just started a mother/daughter book club and we plan to read and discuss books related to girls as leaders and role models, gender bias, and the …

Like Tania, one of the creators of #ItsWasNEVERAdress, I have felt like a split-brained, misfit in my career as a technical professional. Since I am a creative person, I often …

I love robots, my VEX robotics team went to the World competition this year and won a award, but It wasn’t always this way for me I have had to …

I always felt a bit about of place. In elementary school they said what do you do for fun and you could say drawing. In middle school they would say …

I’m no stranger to conferences. And do you know what else is no stranger to conferences? Alcohol. As a young woman in tech (and an introvert), I like to have …

I get really bad cramps. The week before and during my period. To the point where I throw up. I play soccer for my school. I honestly was was not …

I have crossed the gender divide. I am transgender. I have lived as a male, albeit always feeling on the fringe of what that means, and I’ve accepted that privilege …

Dx with MS at 34, now 43. Wife, mother, VP at Fortune 500 company. Tomorrow is never certain, so take make your mark today. …

Ever since I started coding in middle school, I’ve decided on a career in computer science .

I’m very lucky and grateful that I was able to find a passion at …

I graduated with my MFA in Photography from Texas Woman’s University and it was a great environment of empowerment to study. Now I own my own screen printing company HEN …

My sister was in a physics class in high school and she was the only girl in Physics C. Although many suspected she would quit because of the huge gender …

One day at school I learned that you don’t have to have the things you were born with. So I started thinking about that and I realized that I never …

Changing perceptions for the next generation! …

I am a mom to 3 precious little boys. I have the amazing privelege of raising these little men to appreciate the strength of women. I am finishing up my …

My dad was a scientist, my mom a farm-girl. Both left Europe and started life anew after the war in Canada. For a few years, my dad studied, and my …

I was sitting in cooking class when I turned around and said something about drama class to the boy behind me and he spat in my face. so I told …

For as long as I can remember, I knew I was different, I just didn’t have the words to describe what I was.

Earlier this year I finally pieced it together …

I’m a white woman and I’ve largely lived a life of privilege.

I started to forget that sexism effects people in real world life & death ways…that violence against women is …

No one should ever be catcalled; it’s so demeaning and plain disgusting! I was at a shopping center once and we were standing outside when a car came by with …

Six days after my daughter was born I found myself breastfeeding my newborn in one arm while balancing my laptop on the other so I could send data to my …

What I’ve learned in 20 years in tech:
You deserve to be here. Your ideas are just as good, or probably better than other people’s. Speak your mind. Take up space. …

“Enjoy your mummy time” says my husband, as I leave for my weekly coffee. Hurt, anger and frustration bubble. I’m not heading out for mummy time, in fact, with two …

Everyone has a chapter or chapters they don’t read out loud. I’ve encountered neglect, rape, physical abuse, addiction, emotional abuse, miscarriage, depression, bothched surgeries and they have all left their …

As an Arab woman of color, a Muslim woman who wears hijab, people have an assumption about me. They assume that I will be the quiet, barefoot and pregnant type, …

My mom was an immigrant who was forced out of Poland in the 1940s. It was years before she and her sister and her mother were reunited with her father …

My mother excelled at everything. She also excelled at criticizing anyone that was inferior to her including people in her own family. Dinner table conversations with Mom revolved around her …

I am left speechless when a co-worker has a problem with their iPhone or the printer or other technology device and they fail to ask me for help. My position …

Every day, I work to connect my female students with book characters who prove that they can be strong, independent women. I want them to believe that someday, they can …

I started going to school majoring in CIS shortly after the birth of my first son. At that time I was making barely above minimum wage as a bank teller …

The struggle of being a teenage girl today, isn’t just harmless “are you on your period” jokes. It’s the fact that I, multiple times, have been mistrusted because I’m emotional. …

Like many women, I’ve experienced harassment and even violence in the workplace. The time I experienced violence was about 15 years ago. And I didn’t get help. For a lot …

Warmth…being able to run around in the sun, in the streets. No mobile phones, no Xbox or PlayStation or.., wifi!!! Not that long ago. I am now saying the dreaded …

I have believed my entire life that women were subordinate to men, from the history books to real life interactions. With the help of this movement I hope to change …

I went to an engineering camp. I’m a girl, and engineers are typically men. Because of this, a lot of guys at this camp thought they were better than the …

I put up lots of feminist flyers all over a big city here in the Netherlands …

My parents had three children. First my sister, then my brother, then me. They did not have a ton of money and could only afford to send one of us …

I was born in the early 70’s, the youngest of 8 with 6 older brothers. All my life I felt unseen, unheard, not quite good enough. My family is wonderful …

It Was NEVER A Dress! …

I have recently ended an abusive relationship of eight years. At times physical, mostly psychological. Being threatened is scary. I reflect upon my mother, who stayed in a marriage till …

During my senior year of high school, right around when class rankings came out, a guy in my class — who had previously teased me for being a god-forsaken feminist …

Only by traveling outside the closed environment of a classroom that you realize the world is not as flat as Friedman claimed it to be: the so-called globalization of ideas …

I knew one thing was for certain when I got out of college, I was going to be my own boss. Thankfully, I was raised by parents that never told …

I credit my independence and determination to necessity. I had to, so I did. And why commit to life if you’re not true to yourself? And yet, so many people …

I have never before faced gender inequality like I have this year. I was promoted to a high level education position. However, the highest level is the good ole boy …

My mom has suffered from depression my whole life. I love my mom deeply but it has been a struggle to be raised around someone who could not always be …

I made/printed out feminist posters and put them on a board in the city of Eindhoven (The Netherlands) …

Thanks so much for starting the #itwasneveradress movement. I realize that those of us downplaying or outright denying our creativity, intelligence and successes have a way out by claiming our …

To be clear, this is just one story in my life. We all have so many stories. I could share about how my husband is crazy supportive of me and …

I grew up in Arizona, after my family immigrated there from Iran when I was four. There wasn’t much of an Iranian community in AZ when I was growing up, …

My mother-in-law was horrified when she heard the name of my first born…Magdelene. Yes, named after Mary Magdalene. She came unglued when I told her my second baby was going …

My wings have been clipped for most of my life. However, today I’m no longer afraid of soaring!

Growing up, fear was instilled in me non-stop.

About everything.

About being an illegal immigrant.
About …

I don’t blame them, it’s what they knew. They didn’t realize the message of inequality they were communicating to me.

You see, I have an older brother. We have both always …

When I was in graduate school, pursuing my MFA, the university was looking for some departments to cut. One that they chose was the fibers department in the School of …

I found this #ItWasNeverADress sticker online one day and showed it to my mom and some friends They all loved it and shared it with more friends, which was great, …

My dad and I were in the car having a conversation. Somehow, it got to him trying to explain a situation to me. One of the examples he used was …

Trabajo en una escuela pública en la ciudad de Madrid. Doy clase a niños entre 6 y 10 años. Ayer me fui al trabajo en bicicleta, algo que suelo hacer …

Being a teenage girl is hard. Every day you are faced with the judgment of your classmates, boys, teachers, coaches, parents, strangers. Being a girl in high school you are …

“What do you enjoy in life”? : this is one of the most frequently-asked question, to students of 10th, 11th and 12th grades, who are still ambivalent about their future …

I was lucky I had that teacher and if you are lucky, you had her too!

She made sure you understood your value. She made sure you knew that taking a …

As a female who is a political science major, I strongly believe in feminism and that it just makes sense that people of all races, genders, and ethnicities should have …

I’ve always considered myself a feminist. Never an activist though.
For the last few Halloweens in a row I’ve stuck to a theme of strong, smart women. For 2016 my husband …

I travel a lot for work and when I walk through airport terminals, I have to travel pass multiple restrooms. The ever-present “universal” symbol for girls/women/females, the stick figure with …

Hello people of the inter-webs, I’m “Ark” (it’s just a nickname) and today, May 31, 2016, I got a slightly modified pixie hair cut. I’ve wanted to cut my hair …

I work for a large Fortune 100 company in the internal IT organization. We are an engineering organization that is VERY process- and waterfall-centered that needed to change to stay …

It was February of 2016 when it happened. It turned my whole life around. It changed my view on things. It changed me. I felt like I was a good …

I have just started attending college for my freshman year. I have been here for a week and have already been called a bitch for saying no to guys and have …

Think of a time and place where you belonged, but didn’t feel welcome. What happened? What did you do? What didn’t you do? What would you do differently today? Write.

I …

A couple months ago I was invited to a private lunch with an executive and other alumni from my high school. The executive came from the same hometown that we …

It was a powerful experience to march as a daughter, mother, and now grandmother with & for the student-led March for Our Lives. The most moving moments were always all …

In 7th grade, the boys in my homeroom class went around assessing all of the girls and assigned them a “yes” or a “no”. They were laughing and having a great …

I am a teen advocate and the Director of Healthy Sexuality of Girls Inc. of Wayne County. I love #ItWasNeverADress and the platform it opens for discussion. I teach an …

My parents would always warn me about how I had to be careful around men because some (not all!!) didn’t have the right intentions. I never really listened and always …

As a mom to 2 teenagers, it is my responsibility to pave the way for them and to help them grow into what they hope to become. It can be …

I am an aspiring software developer, looking to do my small part in changing the ratio of women in technical positions at high growth companies. …

Finally feel like I’m becoming aware of who I am, what my power is, how I can help and inspire others. First, I have to find that strength in myself …

I’m a young gay woman living in California. Even in such a liberal state, I sometimes find myself being oppressed by my male counterparts. I’ve learned to use my voice …

I was lucky enough to grow up with parents who didn’t buy in to gender stereotypes. They supported and encouraged anything I wanted to do. When I was about 7 …

Most moms are amazing women. My mom was amazing! She wore three capes.

Cape One: She raised three sons that were quite a handful but she didn’t do it with discipline …

Thanks for the important message! This has been bugging me forever! …

30 Minutes later… …

Why are we conditioned to apologize for claiming our own space? Our own time? Why is it that we teach girls to apologize for everything, while excusing boys for anything? …

Sara and I taking the It Was Never A Dress lady on a rickshaw ride in Downtown Phoenix! …

For 8 months, my credit card was charged incorrectly by a local newspaper for a digital subscription that I wasn’t receiving. After 8 calls over 3 months, I was able …

When I graduated from an engineering college, I never dreamed that I would be a pioneer. Women were already in engineering, right? One year later, I discovered that me and …

Along with a group of 8 other young women, I just hiked the last 200 miles of the Appalachian Trail. It was a 22 day backpacking trip, and it just …

I grew up in the Bible thumping, spare the rod spoil the child south. All I’ve ever heard my life was how wrong homosexuality was. When my daughter was 6, …

When I cut my hair to a pixie cut, I felt the most feminine I’ve ever felt. Even though people would say I looked like a boy and that I …

Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

First, I want to a little about me, I am a young girl and I live in Tijuana, a Mexican city on the border; and I have started …

I wasn’t always the prettiest girl actually more of the opposite.
I did hang out with the pretty girls but never considered myself truly one of them. I had an eating …

Hello! After reading some of the stories published I felt the need to post mine. I am the youngest and only girl amongst my three older brothers. Growing up, I …

My name is Adrian and I was born a supposed female. I grew up in a Christian family (which i didn’t believe in). I always felt like something was off …

My mom and dad raised a strong independent self sufficient woman. I have worked my way through school earning an associates degree and then a bachelors degree, all the while …

I chose to go into science because women are greatly underrepresented in that field. After I was accepted into pharmacy school, my mom mentioned it to her class that in …

I joined the Army, not only that, I decided to step into a very technical role within what is already a very male dominated world. From day one it was …

I was a highly gifted child. I skipped a grade in elementary school, was always in the most accelerated math class, and always scored in the 99th percentile on math …

Last year, when I was in my final year of school. We had to do a debate in my legal studies class. All of the people who were in my …

All my life, I`ve been corrected one way or another, told I can’t do something because I`m a lady.

Whenever I swear in front of my dad, he yells at me …

My story starts like so many others I’ve heard… I was in college. I was drunk. It was late. There was a boy. I should have known better.

Those last 5 …

I am a survivor of Officer Involved Domestic Violence. My executive law enforcement husband ( X- spouse now), tried to murder me, raped me, and physically assaulted me during the …

Much like the Rihanna song, Diamonds, being the only girl in a 400 level computer science class made me shine bright like a diamond. I currently a junior in college …

My arms are a little tired after the flight to Comicon! #ItWasNeverADress …

Greetings Women and Girls!

I’d like to add my story here, as a woman leveraging technology, and, like all of us here, actively pushing out the boundaries that remain active in …

Growing up, I out ran just about everyone I knew, even those older than me. I could flip around the monkey bars at warp speed. I read by the time …

It Was Never A Dress …

We all struggle as women, for various reasons. We work, take care of our families, support our friends, and as if there is time left over, try to take care …

I was told in junior high that boys are better at math, exceed in literature and that I would never surpass a boy in school because “girls spend too much …

I work for a large tech company. Before I gave birth I spoke with the CEO of the company to discuss my next role when I return from maternity leave. …

It took me a while to find my place. Two sides of me seemed at odds with itself — the liberal arts side and the technical side. However, I was …

When I was 10 I wanted to help Women and Girls like me but I did not know what to do, I though that since I was just a little …

Being a woman and being actively involved in the business scene has certainly been a tale of trying to please everyone (my superiors, my family, my significant other, my friends …

My story might not be incredible but I fought against hating my body and I learned how to accept it the way it is. …

My darlingest Mum was always perceived as a little mousy woman married to a big strong outspoken bloke. What we didn’t realise wast she was the backbone of their partnership. …

When I was in middle school, we had feminism as a vocabulary word. One of my friends said out loud ¨Yeah go feminism!¨ I went to a small private Christian school …

I’m a volcanologist, which means I spend part of my time outside hiking, getting up close and personal with rocks and ash and clay, and generally engaged in grubby pursuits. …

I moved houses, states, schools, all within the past year. I grew up in an environment in which progressive, trailblazing ideas were commended and labeled innovative. In this environment I …

I have been told my whole life how girls can’t do things; how they’re not as good in sports as boys, how they don’t belong in politics, etc. But you …

Hi, I grew up in a Church which elevated men as spiritual leaders and silenced women. A series of events forced me to search out for myself the message of …

My mom has always been my super hero. She and my father divorced when I was young. We had very little means. But she worked three jobs to keep us …

As a veteran teacher who was removed from technology while I had and raised two children, I hadn’t become updated with the latest and greatest with technology in the math …

When I asked my 15 year old daughter if her father was hurting her in anyway, I was sure she would say “No”, but something in my gut made me …

Gender roles are embedded into all of us and they control every bit of our thinking and decision making. I am working on raising a strong 3 year old girl …

This winter was the first time I experienced going to the bathroom with a sign that read “BOYS” on the front. I was incredibly nervous as a female identifying person, …

I go to a great school, everything is awesome, and I just love life. I have so many best friends, and I don’t care about what others think. That’s what …

I always thought that because i’m an only child i would be spoiled, incapable of doing anything by myself and i saw others who were only children and they were …

I was told as girl I could never do the things a boy could but I proved them wrong.

This summer I finished my thru hike from Georgia to Maine and took …

Yesterday, I got my employer to change a kind of sexist sign for the bathrooms. Super proud of myself! Celebrating with an #ItWasNeverADress sticker! …

To parents of small children, both boys and girls: I wanted to share something I’ve got going with my nine-year old that might be useful to change the world for …

When I started the 8th grade my life changed forever. I always thought it was my fault I was being harassed on every level: sexually, emotionally, physically – all levels. …

A few days ago I was in class and we were talking about police brutality. Because the cop that was not following protocol was female, my teacher decided it was okay …

I was a tom-girl. I played war with the boys until fourth grade when I was told, “You’re a girl. You can’t be the spy. You have to be a …

At age 13, I was drugged and sexually assaulted. When I came clean to someone about it, my confession wasn’t heard past the fact that I was wearing a dress …

When I walked into computer science class freshman year, I was slightly terrified. I had always been interested in comp sci, but had the perception that it was a male-dominated …

I have been discriminated against as a woman many times, but on one occasion it was so blatant even my husband noticed. We had taken our car in for repair. …

Fox 10 News Team Capes Up! …

I am a 16 year old girl. I go to high school and have one younger brother and one younger sister. One day, my mother and I were talking about …

I grew up really poor. My mom raised my brother and me by herself, on a waitress salary. She got no child support and our father was no where to …

My mom passed away when I was just 3. My grandma raised me, my brother and sister since I was 9.  I’m 26 now and I’m grateful for her for …

I was definitely referred to as a tomboy, which I never understood, because I didn’t get that it isn’t girly to climb trees, race boys on my bicycle, and take …

I guess my story is small in the grand scheme of things, but every little triumph helps. My best friend’s brother hated feminists. He didn’t like the way that he …

Our school has a fitness club that everyone can try to get into based off of their scores on different tests such as the mile,pacer,push-up,etc. No one thought that I …

I was raised in an addicted home. I saw and experienced things no child should ever have to see or experience. So it naturally, and to no surprise I ended …

I have never really been into the “role model” thing. I have 2 parents to thank for that: my dad let me build my own furniture, my mom has a …

I’m an average 18 year old French kid. I don’t have lots of tales to tell about my life yet, but as a woman I think every woman deserves to …

As a first-generation Mexican girl, I am different than my family. My mom expects me to be very girly, but that is not me. I am a tomboy, I don’t …

 

Programming is not just for boys!

Robots are not just for boys!

Being athletic is not just for boys!

If anything we’re stronger! I’ve been in times where I have to prove to …

Today i found a dress for my daughter at Walmart that said Supergirl and i thought it was adorable so i bought it for her. when I came home and …

When I was at camp last year we hiked and paddled down the St. Croix (the border between Canada and USA) at the same time another boys camp was paddling. …

While volunteering at an animal rescue, some of the staff invited a few of the male volunteers to play football with them at the end of the day. I asked …

I teach a class called “How to Get Your Groove Back.” This is an excellent reminder to my clients of their superpowers. I also work at a community college and …

My mother lived in a man’s world in every sense of the word. She grew up not being allowed to work. The men made the life decisions. She would never …

I’m currently taking an organization communications class and today was the day we finally got around to talking about gender in the workforce. We explored the HUGE gender gap with …

We have been conditioned to be polite, avoid confrontation, and “sugar coat” our feelings.

I work at a girls’ summer camp. Our staff are college-aged women and our director constantly engage …

Fox 10 News Capes Up! …

Somehow, my mother always knew when I did something wrong. She could be in another room, in another town, hell, even in another state, when the offense occurred and she …

I own an instagram page where my goal is to help others. I believe that everyone deserves to be treated with respect and decency. If I can just help one …

My grandmother was born in 1941 to a mother and a father that died when she was in her thirties. Over vacation when I visited her beautiful house in southern …

Christian + Division 1 Basketball Player + Professional Figure Athlete + PhD = (Wonder) Woman. …

During the summer before my junior year of high school, I participated in a program called Girls Who Code. There I had the opportunity to visit companies in the Boston …

Time
We only have so much time to make a first impression.
They tell me I scare people.
Why?
Because I look at them in the eye when we talk?
Because I listen to what …

My disruptions started when I stood up for my beliefs in regards to the election to all of my Trump supporting friends and family. Some have now unfriended me or …

I was taught by everything I heard as a child that only men could be spiritually liberated. Jesus, Buddha, Mohammad, etc. Spiritual openings started happening in my life, but still …

We host a running program for our 3rd and 4th grade students at our elementary school (I am the head coach) where they learn to run a 5K in May …

My mom has always been someone I have looked up to my entire life and she was always the one in my family to work. She was a manager for years …

At 28 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a double mastectomy and a fabulous bald herald from chemo, I felt the most powerful that I have ever felt. I …

I advocate the status of women through being active within the community. Locally I am involved in activities such as cross-country running, athletics, calisthenics, netball, badminton, choir, musicals, and working …

This is my third year working as QA Engineer and Software developer. I love my job.
But what I hate the most is to hear some comments of compassion coming from …

In the 1980s I wanted to get a degree in comp sci, but I was too intimidated by my all-male classmates who already knew how to code. So I settled …

I hadn’t planned for a career in technology- somewhat backed into it.

Although fully qualified both academically and experientially, I feel that I have to go far beyond to ‘convince’ others …

I started to think about this much more after my friend asked, “What’s wrong with a dress?” I shared a few thoughts on my blog about how it actually doesn’t …

Since I was a kid, my mom taught me how important it was to be independent and free.
For all my life I thought I could make some change. Women suffer …

Some of my team at Axosoft rocking our new It Was Never A Dress shirts! …

When I lost my job after 17 years I knew I wanted to do something more! I took a job in a new industry, but doing a similar role. I …

Never girlie enough to be amongst the girls, biologically disqualified to be with the boys. Fitted into neither box. Took too long to realize the boxes are the problem, not …

Boys talk a lot. They are constantly unaware of their egotistical comments and the effect those words can have. The other day a boy was tagging along with another boy …

After I got a divorce and I was on my own.

I developed my gut instinct because I needed a way to assess any situation quickly. After the initial assessment I …

Earlier this year, my friend and I attended a Hackathon in Chicago. Excited as I was, I was nervous being one of the only girls there. I tried not to …

I grew up with my father being a firefighter and paramedic. I ended up following in his footsteps, which I am proud of and honored to do, but to add …

Calling all girls who have been discriminated against!

Sometimes, it hurts my feelings when I see the ladies sign. I’m tired of being treated in a stereotypical way. I am not …

I always considered myself to be a feminist without ever knowing what it fully meant. I knew that I thought women were equal to men. However as a child I …

In my family, the firstborn son was everything. He carried on the name, he was expected to go to college, to have a phenomenal carrier and provide for a family.

The …

It was never easy to be a woman to begin with. In the IT industry, women are the minority. Surrounded by men, we try to ‘man up’ and be more …

I was a teenage girl in the 80’s. My dad has been a programmer and worked in technology for as long as I have known him. He brought home computers …

I did that and intend to do so again! I’m only 13 but I still do things like that often. I’m only in 7th grade but I will ALWAYS be …

I came off the assembly line as the 3rd child in a family of 5. I belonged to the brand, shared the name, but was never made welcome. I was …

I was studying in University (2014) and I was really into economics. As most of us know, there is a well established norm that men understand economics (not just economics, …

I was unwanted at birth. In 1962 birth control pills were not widely available. Abortions were available, in some states, but not socially “allowed” to married women. My mother, hopelessly …

“I’ve been incredibly blessed to know a large number of bright, successful people over the years while working in Information Technology. And a very large percentage of them were women. …

I started working in IT as a Tech Writer when I was 21 years old. I’m 33 now and have been with the same company since day 1. I was …

I have always struggled with school, because I have both dyslexia and dyscalcula, which make reading, writing and mathematics really hard for me.
This year I started University and it’s been …

It is my staunch belief that fear and hate is what got us into the predicament of distorting the value and worth of others. As women and minority groups …

When I was little I was lucky to be brought up shielded away from the world of discrimination, it never occurred to me that I was growing up in a …

“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. ‘Time’ for her …

My mother gave my the cape. For all her faults and failings, her enduring gift to me is the cape.

I survived an abusive marriage and an over-demanding manager. I plastered …

Hi! My name is Robyn, and I’m an epileptic from Maryland, and this is my story…

My story begins on the evening December 30th, 2015. I was going into the kitchen, …

I am an athlete. The coach of the football team wants me to be on his high school team but the boys have started picking on me because I am …

I’m a 16 year old girl
And i’ve been trough bullying for two years
You know why?
Because I was a tomboy
I loved football and sport
I was very good at it
I don’t know …

I am a senior development manager for a tech company. I have a passion for exposing young women to potential careers in tech and STEM. They often know about the …

Growing up I always hated my long hair. It was hot and it got in the way. One day I cut it off in a bob, and my mom loved …

At 26 I divorced my husband because I had finally had enough of his attitude and drug and alcohol use. He was a very aggressive guy who would fly off the …

In sixth grade, a male teacher frequently asked me to wash his chalkboard before class, even though several boys usually arrived before me and were also sitting and waiting for …

I was a civil engineer 20 years ago. I was the only female and it was a terrible experience. I left civil engineering and went into IT. I spent about …

I’m 20 years old and married to the best person on this planet. I’m from Pakistan and apart from what most people would think, it’s not the most war stricken …

In the world of education, we were taught women were equal. We were afforded the same grades and able to attend the same classes. The first year of college we …

I had a very unique childhood. There were eight children in my family. I was number 2. I watched baby girl after baby girl come home from the hospital until …

After I went to an all girls computer science program a few years ago, I really questioned why men believed that the STEAM field was just for them. A big …

I may only be 10 years old, but that doesn’t stop me from believing that I don’t have to be a pink sparkly girly-girl if that isn’t me. No one …

When I was a little girl I helped my dad build and mend. Didn’t want to grow up as I didn’t see any women who did this. I did grow …

We were 300,000 strong in DC and when the lines outside the women’s bathroom became 3 times longer, all the bathrooms became unisex by ‘facts on the ground’. No one …

I want all kids to have opportunity as storytellers and makers. We hold a ‘Maker Monday’ that isn’t geared towards encouraging girls to participate in STEM; instead, it validates everyone’s stories …

Every week for twelve years of my life I said, “I will do my best to be honest, to be fair, to help where I am needed, to be cheerful, …

Sophomore year of high school I got placed into a chem lab group with 3 other boys. One of them automatically assumed that because I was a girl, my opinion was …

My father trusted my brother to inherit family company and take over. Most of my dads free time would be allocated to my brother. My younger sister and I would …

When I was little people would always worn me about things that could happen to me. I always listened but thought that bad things would never actually happen to me.

When …

During the Green Revolution, I returned to Iran to curate a solo exhibition of Masami Teraoka’s watercolors.

On August 5, 2009, my partner and I took a cab towards the gallery. …

The night before my first marathon, my period decided to show up. In the whole year I had trained, I had never had to do any of my long runs …

I am a father and a husband. I am 64 going on 34.
So, I hope its ok with everyone that I contribute my “two cents ”

All I have to say …

I’ve been divorced twice. I don’t tell many people that because I’m worried they will judge me. I’m now happily married and I know everything happened for a reason. But …

I attended an all girls summer camp when I was young for many years. At the time I blissfully lived with the idea that equality was something I was born …

I am a mixed media artist. My life goal is to be a full time working artist. When I embarked on my journey in the last few years, it became …

We were the first to make some necessary changes to our bathroom signs! …

I’ve always been a person who wanted to work with my hands, use tools and create. Often this placed me in jobs and on crews where I was the only …

I am currently 20 years old and this 2018 will be turning 21. To be honest, when I was 13/14 years old I didn’t think I would become the person …

Teaching in an all boys grammar school I expected to meet with much resistance and lack of understanding when teaching about equality of the sexes. How wrong was I!? The …

This was what my parents told me growing up when I asked why I had a curfew and my twin brother didn’t. I wasn’t allowed to go somewhere unless my …

A little girl grew up in a liberal household, knowing that all are equal, that racism and sexism are wrong. This little girl also grew up without hearing the word …

I am a 22 year old girl and I hold my bachelors degree in electronics. I work at a company where there is both field and office work. Every time I ask …

In 2018 I made a decision to keep my focus on building a life independently for my 5 yr old daughter and myself. I became tired of relying on others …

I was brought up to believe loving football was a good thing. And I did – I loved football- but it was not until after I left high school that I …

I don’t know how this works, but this is my feminist story:
I’m 11 and as you can imagine, people won’t listen to my voice or my opinion.

It started as a …

In 7th grade I was wearing a tank top with thick straps. A boy in my class had the same style of tank top on and you can guess which …

It was the championship game for soccer and I am one of the weaker players. It was the last few minutes and the game was tied. I was out on …

I lost my sense of identity a little over a year ago. It felt like I was wearing shackles, rather than freedom. I left my job, my home, and a …

I used to be ashamed

of what I was

and when I came out

I was looked down upon

and some said hurtful things

but now

I have someone who supports me …

I am…
A woman
A scientist
A teacher
A friend
A daughter
A sister
A mentor
A coach

Who…
…has gotten a B.S. in Biology, Teaching Credential, and M.A. in Education before the age of 24
…has started an international nonprofit …

I work on a Family Birthing Unit as a nurse and I am inspired everyday by the mum’s that I meet and the strength and love they give to their …

In graduate school in psychology (many, many years ago) I created an “explicit gender stamp” which I stamped on all my term papers. It said that a coin toss would …

I know that most people say women in STEM but I think it is important for us to have girls in STEM. Right now I am a 16-year-old female who …

Women are taught to be polite and kind and fragile. When we say “No” we say it with a gentleness, if we can say it at all. We are taught …

I am a female who is in school to become an ordained minister, a field that is dominated by men. I am active in my community to train clergy that …

I was a single mom in small town Ohio in the 1960s when I was introduced to feminism and attended consciousness raising sessions. In 1972 I got into the streets …

I grew up with working parents. Both of my parents were hard working and worked long hours, which meant there was a lot of collaboration between them to make it happen. I …

I just returned from a backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail which runs from Georgia to Maine. I did 200 miles of it with a group of 8 other girls, …

In my biology class, we took a test about DNA and RNA and we got our results. My teacher announces that only one person in all of her classes got …

Finding out you’re less effective counterpart makes more money because of a sack of semen hanging between his legs makes for a terrible Friday. But I won’t stop working harder, …

All my life I was told I didn’t dress very feminine or that I should wear makeup. I had a really hard time accepting myself until just recently. I’ve learned that …

I started as a secretary in an intense environment. I did not have a lot of money for clothing at the time but I was doing the best I could …

 

I’m a high school English teacher in NYC, a coach, a professional parkour practitioner (traceuse), and a 4-time American Ninja Warrior. I’m trying to promote a different image of women …

I joined my company as the twelfth employee, and first female.

I was the first entry level sales development representative at the company, making the sales team a party of two. …

I was always leery of wearing pink. I thought it would make me a girly girl and the guys wouldn’t listen to me. I worked in Oil and Gas as …

We can no longer remain silent. Each woman’s voice needs to be heard. Our stories need to be told. We need to share our collective stories. We must raise our …

In high school, I took a computer science class for the first time. When I walked in on the first day and saw that there were almost no girls and lots …

“We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together” #standbehindyourwomen …

I grew up with a single mom who was my world. She wasn’t just a role model for me, she made the word woman synonymous with strength. We never had …