There's been a lot of press on women equality lately, but how much news do you hear about the women who are making history in their own field today, showing why women should be given proper attention and a major congratulations? Whether you are a fan of any of these women or not, these ten headlines are proving how American women are taking the world on by storm...
10. Sgt. Kelly Brown is leading the first female marines that are training alongside men for front-line combat roles.
9. In 2014, Janet Yellen became the first female chief of the Federal Reserve.
8. In 2015, Sarah Thomas became the first full-time female football official in NFL history.
7. Misty Copeland became the first African American ballet dancer to perform as a lead in a full length American production of Swan Lake...
and she's a best selling author.
6. US Women soccer team members are fighting for equal pay as their male counterparts, pointing out their amazing accomplishments as a team in the past few years.
Although they are ranked number one, well above the men's rank of 30, and they have more viewers and fans, the women get less money for a win than the men do for a loss- and the women do not get paid at all for a lost game. By how much?
Men win = more than $17,000
Men lose= about $5,000
Women win= about $1,300
Women lose= $0
Keep fighting!
5. As First Lady Michele Obama has accomplished much, including working with many large companies to make healthy foods more available.
This initiative has also created jobs and has raised nutrition awareness. Then Let Girls Learn was launched in a global effort to help girls gain an education (if you are interested in supporting such efforts, donate to such companies as She's the First https://www.shesthefirst.org/).
4. Allyson Felix, the most decorated female US athlete competing in Rio (one of only two women track athletes to have six medals), reaches for another medal in Rio. Another medal would make her the most decorated woman track Olympian of all time.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/allyson-felix-olympics-...
3. Hillary Clinton makes history as the first woman to earn a presidential nomination; whether you agree with her political views or not, this is an important first
2. The United States is sending 292 women to the Rio Olympics, the most from any single country ever sent to an Olympic games, ages 16 to 52.
1. Ginny Thrasher, a U.S. Olympic shooter and a sophomore at West Virginia University, won the first gold medal of the Rio games, at only 19 years old.
