International Women’s Day: How to Celebrate Being a Woman

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It’s interesting how holidays change over time and across cultures. Christmas, obviously, is celebrated by Christians the world over but with a variety of different traditions. St. Patrick’s Day, interestingly enough, started out in the early 17th century as a celebration of the man who originally brought Christianity to Ireland. International Women’s Day (March 8th), maybe a lesser-known but still widely-celebrated holiday, began more than a hundred years ago as a politically-motivated unification of efforts to expand and strengthen women’s …

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African Child-Kenya-Kisumu Foreign Aid: Reasons Why Moms Should Add Foreign Aid to Africa to Their Lives

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Let’s get honest, shall we? I’ll let you in on some thoughts in the forefront of my mind.
Talking about foreign aid… feels overwhelming.
I’m a busy mom just trying to raise happy and healthy kids. Sometimes I can barely extend my focus beyond the walls of my own home,

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Woman Domestic Violence: Maggie Ginsberg-Schutz Unsilences the Silenced

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Domestic Violence—Say you’re a journalist and a mom. Say you get an assignment to write a piece about domestic violence survivors…. Say you delve into this assignment with your usual professional zeal, not ever having experienced abuse yourself but anxious to share the real-life stories of actual survivors.

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memetales Mobile Devices: 3 Apps to Help Promote Reading, Imagination, and Cooperation

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Smartphones and tablets can be entertaining tools to focus children’s attention, but finding age-appropriate apps that were built with kids’ development in mind may be a challenge sometimes. With apps developed with their own children in mind, three tech-savvy moms have created apps for kids that go beyond gaming to …

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nancy-kelsey-photo-thumbnail Famous Woman In History: One of Many Firsts

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When you’re faced with an uphill battle, one perhaps not dealt with before, think of Nancy Kelsey. She was the first white woman to visit Utah, the first to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the first to make it to California, at the age of 18.  She was the

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Aveda: Tuesday #gno Twitter Party on Inner and Outer Beauty

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When it comes to a beautiful person, many people immediately think of beautiful hair, flawless skin, the perfect wardrobe…everything that has to do with physical, or outer, beauty. Walk into any store and you’re bound to come across countless products that help maintain your outer allure. Watch your favorite television

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83163714 Me Time: Indulgence or Refueling

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If I handed you 4 hours and said, “These are yours to do what you want with them,” what would you do?
I’m always amazed at the answers I get back from this question. Women tend to respond with, “I’d get caught up on chores” while men tend to lean…

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RSVP for HP’s “Tech for Busy Moms” Tuesday Twitter Party

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Regardless of the roles you play—woman, mother, employee, boss, friend, spouse, hobbyist, volunteer, carpool driver, etc.—you have many demands on your time. Am I right? And, as those demands increase, streamlining and simplifying becomes more important so you can focus on what matters most.

This Tuesday, join HP… and tech-savvy

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Six Ways to Enjoy a Book Club Discussion Without Reading the Book

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How many of you participate in a book club? At one point, I was a member of three. Whether I belong to one or more, I always struggle to find time to read the assigned book. Am I alone in my battle? I mean, come on! I have blogs to

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March Is Women’s History Month. Who Are Your Female Role Models?

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March is Women’s History Month in the US. Groups everywhere are promoting it. Barnes & Noble has done a great job as evidenced by my unnecessary purchase tonight. Apparently, you can judge a book by its cover….
But what’s more meaningful to me is what’s happening in the nation’s

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