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GirlJams.ai is HERE. 🎉 🎶 @GirlsWhoCode and @IfThenSheCan are coming together to bring you this songwriting experience, where you’ll hone your AI skills to write your very own banger. #CSEdWeek
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There is power in #sisterhood, and this is our anthem. Made with love, dedicated to you.
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THREAD: Today, we're seeing the first ever photo of a #blackhole thanks to Katie Bouman, an MIT graduate, and her algorithm!!
#BlackHole #EventHorizonTelescope #EHTblackhole
(Photo: @ehtelescope)
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HUGE NEWS: We just made the first ever codable music video with @dojacat. You can control the story using code 🙀 Go try it now at dojacode.com! #dojacode
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Today is International #DayoftheGirl! We want to inspire girls everywhere to unite in #sisterhood & remind them that they were born with the power to change the world. Join us today by raising your hand for a cause you believe in. Share your photos and be sure to tag us!
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🚨 ATTN: EVERYONE 🚨
GIRLS WHO CODE IS GOING TO #SuperBowlLIV!
Our commercial ft. @Astro_Nicole @katiecouric @TherealTaraji @lilly @BusyPhilipps is officially live!
And the best part? @OlaySkin is donating 💰 for every tweet using #MakeSpaceForWomen, so get tweeting fam!!
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Girls Who Code has partnered with Activision Blizzard on our Summer Immersion Program since 2018. But following recent revelations about allegations of assault, harassment, and a toxic environment at the company, we have decided to end our partnership. girlswhocode.medium.com/an-u…
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We are now accepting Crypto! This will give us more ways to support girls in tech and create pathways for new partnerships in this space, like our partnership with @DapperDinoNFT! Learn more and make your gift here: bit.ly/3255cfC
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WE! ARE! SCREAMING!
Who else is with us? #MakeSpaceForWomen
YES! WE DID IT! Who saw us!? @BusyPhilipps @lilly @astro_nicole @Therealtaraji @katiecouric
#MakeSpaceForWomen
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We broke the internet. For real. 🔥😱
Why? Bc women make up 26% of coders. If all the code we wrote totally vanished, the internet as we know it wouldn’t exist.
So, TL/DR let’s get more girls who code.
Check it out 👇🏾
#MissingCode #CSEdWeek
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Happy birthday to Hedy Lamarr, known as the "Mother of Wi-Fi"! While known as a Hollywood starlet, Hedy was also an avid inventor- she created frequency hopping, a secure communications technology that’s used today in wireless internet, GPS and cellphones! pri.org/stories/2017-06-25/h…
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Good morning to everyone ESPECIALLY Dr. Katie Bouman, who, if you haven't heard yet, created the algorithm that gave us the first ever picture of a #blackhole!!
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We are so excited for our friend, @AOC! Thank you for showing us that we can be and accomplish anything and every thing when we're brave
TIME’s new cover: “Change is closer than we think.” Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s unlikely rise mag.time.com/Ndrzczy
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This #DayoftheGirl, we want girls to know they can change the world and, with a career in tech, 💸💸make change 💸💸 doing it. STEM jobs aren't just among the fastest-growing — they pay 26% more. Loved giving these women in tech the glam treatment they deserve. #MakeThatChange
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Times are tough—schools closed, parents WFH.
BUT, no shock here, our girls are still inspiring us✨
To return the favor, we're releasing FREE #codefromhome activities—FOR EVERYONE🎉
They drop every week, starting now✨
P.S. Snap a📸doing them & tag us! girlswhocode.com/code-at-hom…
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This 19-year-old astronaut just became the youngest person in history to pass all NASA aerospace tests (and now @NASABlueberry1 is prepping to become the first human to travel to Mars.) 🚀☄️🎉 #WCW #GirlsInSTEM
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"Human computer" Mary Jackson is starting to become a not-so-hidden figure (finally!)👏@NASA's DC headquarters is being renamed after the scientist who's work helped land the first man on the moon in 1969. cnn.com/2021/02/26/us/nasa-h…
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Today is #MarchForSisterhood: the first all-digital march in history – created for girls, by @girlswhocode.
For the first time ever, you can march from anywhere in the world to bring awareness to the issues you're passionate about. Join us now! #DayoftheGirl
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Happy Birthday to Grace Hopper! Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper was a pioneer in computer programming, the first female individual recipient of the National Medal of Technology in 1991 & the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale in 1934! biography.com/people/grace-h…
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Happy birthday to computer scientist and pioneer Grace Hopper. 🎂 Grace was the first female individual recipient of the National Medal of Technology in 1991. (She’s also known for coining the phrase computer “bug.”🐞)
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Happy birthday @Malala!🎂🎉 Today is International #MalalaDay, a celebration of Pakistani activist and founder of the @malalafund Malala Yousafzai, who has diligently fought for the worldwide need for women’s education.
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We can't keep writing women out of history. Please join us in celebrating the incredible work of Katie Bouman (and all her hard drives holding the data)!!! #YouGoGirl #WomenInTech #EHTblackhole
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Dear tech, discrimination and harassment have no place in the interview process, not in your company culture, not in society. Period. #TechToo
Join the #sisterhood in calling for more equitable hiring practices in tech. bit.ly/33QyAmr
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When you see the #MakeSpaceForWomen spot live!!
Did you see it?? Make sure to tweet #MakeSpaceForWomen so we can our goal of $500K tonight! We're counting on you fam!
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When you find out @OlaySkin is donating $1 to Girls Who Code for every tweet/retweet using #MakeSpaceForWomen
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Our Rally for Women in Tech is about to begin in @UnionSquareNY! What are you rallying for?
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We’ve been so excited for @iambecky to join our virtual stage, we’ve been “singing in the shower” all week. 🎶 🚿 Join Becky G and sign up for our virtual session with @apple today at 4pm PDT/7pm EDT. bit.ly/34rxOgD
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We surveyed over 1,000 of our alumni. HALF OF THEM have had a negative experience in a tech interview.
Think all-male interview panels, discrimination, harassment. #TechToo
Read more from @WIRED's @NitashaTiku wired.com/story/for-young-fe…
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Happy Birthday to US! We turn 7 today! 🥳💃
In seven years, we've taught 185,000 girls to code, inspired 100 million people and started an international movement! #GirlsWhoCodeTurns7
To celebrate, we've released our 2018 Annual Report: girlswhocode.com/2018report/
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So great to be with @HillaryClinton to celebrate @NYGovCuomo's Justice Agenda this morning! #2019JusticeAgenda
She literally saw my shirt. Screamed “Girls Who Code” then grabbed my phone and told her staff to take a picture
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.@Valkyrae was a longtime gamer before she found streaming success and became the most-watched streamer in YouTube Live Gaming, with 12.2 million hours watched in 2021. She’s also fighting to make gaming safer for other women gamers.
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This! 👏 Girls can do anything that they set their minds too. #Period
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.
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Every #WCW this #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re spotlighting Black women making history in STEM. Today’s #WCW goes to the Black women gamers who are giving visibility to gamers of color and changing this game. 🎮🕹️
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Happy birthday to computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, born #OTD in 1906. 👩✈️ Hopper created the first commercial electronic computer and developed the programming language COBOL. #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #CSEDWeek
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Did you know that the first computer programmer was a woman? Happy birthday to tech pioneer and all around legend Ada Lovelace. 🎂 ✨
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Thank you so much @DojaCat. Not only does this video help change the face of tech, the song is also a whole mood. 🎶🔥We can't thank you enough.
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Meet Hedy Lamarr, a Hollywood film actress and mathematician. Hedy invented “frequency hopping” which is still used today in Bluetooth and wifi technology. #WomensHistoryMonth
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We're on the side of #NetNeutrality - freedom and fairness on the internet are necessary for equitable access to computer science education for the next generation of female coders.
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Congratulations to electrical engineer @katvoltage, the first Mexican-Born woman to go to space.
She recently graced the cover of Vogue México! #HispanicHeritageMonth
bit.ly/3TiRf2X
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Want to spend the summer building websites, games and programming robots? Apply for our Summer Immersion Program: bit.ly/2j99RGe
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“Like what you do, and then you will do your best.”- Katherine Johnson, #HiddenFigure and @NASA mathematician whose research led to the moon landing.
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Today for #DayOfTheGirl, we raise our hands for:
Black girls
Brown girls
Latina girls
Disabled girls
Queer girls
Trans girls
Indigenous girls
Muslim girls
Immigrant girls
Undocumented girls
Asian girls
Girls Who Code
EVERY GIRL.
Raise your hand with us. #sisterhood
ALT A girl stands with her hands outstretched- the left hand says “end gun violence” and the right hand says “black lives matter”
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JOIN US: Rally for Women in Tech - AUGUST 22 @5 pm in Union Square NYC. Now more than ever it’s important to celebrate women in tech.
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"We teach everyone chemistry but don't expect everyone to be a chemist. Teaching code gives a foundation for the future." #SXSWedu
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We are taking over the steps of New York City Hall to rally for female representation in tech. #WomenInTech
Follow along now to see why we are here!
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We LOVE to see it! 💜Way to use AI and tech to better our communities Priyanjali! #AIForGood #TechForGood #WomenInSTEM
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Where is there a better place to learn to program and test our creativity than @Blizzard_Ent? We're learning at their OC office living our best #blizzlife. #PartneroftheDay
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The NFT scene is mostly male, but this digital artist is trying to change that. @YKarkai created the @worldofwomennft (WoW) NFT collection — a series of 10,000 diverse female avatars created to give back to women-centric orgs. rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
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This is why we #MakeSpaceForWomen fam!
As an alumna of the 2018 Girls Who Code summer immersion program, I am proud to share #MakeSpaceForWomen
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Jeannail Carter (@cuddle_core) was one of the first Black women to excel as a professional gamer in the male-dominated tech industry.
Now she’s inspiring other women of color to continue to break that glass ceiling. glamour.com/video/watch/jean…
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stop scrolling because we just dropped a limited collection of merch for #MarchForSisterhood
rep #sisterhood by shopping now at bit.ly/2Mqy4DV
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YES! This is why we're here everybody 💪🙌
Aww, an 8-year-old girl at our party just yelled "I KNOW HOW TO CODE!" during the Olay spot featuring @GirlsWhoCode ❤️ #SuperBowlAds
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Need a little #MondayMotivation? Watch @reshmasaujani's @TEDTalks and see why we should be teaching girls bravery, not perfection. ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani…
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When women rise, the nation rises. Join us Jan 21 at the @womensmarch. Why do you march? #WhyIMarch #IMarchFor #WomensMarch
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This #HiddenFigures tribute definitely understood the assignment. 🤩
Ph.D. student and @NASA trainee Shelita Reneé Hall recreated the looks of famous Black women in STEM. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Girls Who Code announces 5 Year Celebration Event Mar. 15 in #NYC. Buy individual tickets: bit.ly/2lbGSiF
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Dr. Katie Bouman created the algorithm that rendered the first picture of a #blackhole from pictures captured by the #EventHorizonTelescope, a series of 8 independent observatories around the globe. This Black Hole is 55 million light-years away from Earth! 🌎 🔭 #WomenInSTEM
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Today is International #DayoftheGirl! Girls Who Code is proud to be building a generation of girls who are ready to change the world.
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#GirlsWhoCode is a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology. Join the movement! #nationalnonprofitday👩💻
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These two high school students have proven Pythagoras’ Theorem without circular logic. The mathematical discovery is said to have not been proven by mathematicians for 2,000 years. #WomenInSTEM bit.ly/3JQUw6w
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Did you know that a Black woman created the tech that makes zoom calls possible? 👩🏾🔬 Meet Dr. Marian Croak, a leader in tech who holds over 200 patents. #BlackHistoryMonth #DidYouKnow
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Did you know the very first computer programmer was a woman? Happy #AdaLovelaceDay — today we celebrate Ada Lovelace, possibly the very first Girl Who Codes (but certainly not the last.)
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#DidYouKnow that a Black woman’s research is behind the creation of 3D movies? 📺 Valerie Thomas invented the illusion transmitter in 1980 which helped to enhance 3D movies and the way we watch television. #BlackHistoryMonth
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This Barbie's calculations helped put the first man on the moon. 🚀 #BarbieTheMovie
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Our girls deserve more: Read @ReshmaSaujani's take on the White House CS initiative, and why we're not participating nytimes.com/2017/09/28/opini…
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When @byvegalia couldn’t find the tools she needed to design realistic micro-braids on a Black character in her digital artwork, she created them. Now other digital artists can design characters with braids, twists, locs, and curlier textured hair. (🎥: @Allure_magazine)
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One of our classroom contracts. What if we all signed ourselves up to live by these rules outside of the classroom?
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Here's to one of the original girls who code-Edie Windsor started at @IBM as a computer programmer in 1958 &spent her life breaking barriers
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If you haven’t registered for our free virtual sessions with @AppleEdu, wyd? Let’s fix that. Join us, @iambeckyg, @ashly_burch and more for #DayOfTheGirl. apple.co/gwc
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Happy #NationalVideoGamesDay. 🎮Even though women account for nearly half of all gamers in the US, they make up only 24% of game developers.
Today, we want to celebrate amazing women in gaming who are changing the face of tech.
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Georgia Hutchinson is 13 years old - and she just won $25,000 for inventing a solar-panel system that can determine where the sun is at any given time! ☀️
Georgia, you're a Girls Who Code QUEEN.👩💻👑✨businessinsider.com/13-year-…
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Our priority has and always will be to stand up for underrepresented groups in tech, and to ensure that they are given the support they need to thrive at work.
This news proves that our priorities are fundamentally misaligned, and we cannot continue to work with them.
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We love seeing the #BlackAtNASA trend! 🚀At Girls Who Code, we’ve seen firsthand the impact positive representation can have on our students. Way to change the face of tech! #WomenInSTEM
Read more: bit.ly/4cAAHyf
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Happy Birthday to actress and engineer Hedy Lamarr, born #OnThisDay In 1914. Hedy Lamarr invented frequency hopping, an essential part of Wifi, GPS, and Bluetooth.#WomenInSTEM #TodayInHistory
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We believe when you teach a girl to code, she will change the world! Our friends @AppleEDU couldn’t agree more, which is why we’re thrilled to announce a new #Swift tutorial for our 6th-12th grade Clubs coming this fall 🗓 #EveryoneCanCode
Learn more: girlswhocode.com/Clubs
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We have some exciting news to share…
After nearly ten years fighting to close the gender gap in tech as our founder and CEO, @ReshmaSaujani is passing the baton to our COO @DrTarikaBarrett, who will lead us into our next chapter beginning on April 2nd.
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Happy birthday to the mathematician who helped put the first man on the moon, Katherine Johnson. 🎂
Johnson, who would have been 103 today, was a literal “human computer” who calculated the flight trajectories for the first Americans in space. #OTD #TodayInHistory
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This #InternationalWomensDay, we wish that gender equity were easier than computer programming.
#WomensDayWish
👩🏽💻👩🏼💻👩🏿💻👩🏻💻👩🏾💻
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Of course, the first computer programmer was a woman in STEM! 💁♀️ 💻 ✨ Happy Ada Lovelace Day! A day where we celebrate incredible women who are honoring Ada’s legacy by making waves in the tech space. #AdaLovelaceDay #WomenInSTEM
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We're grateful for @EA's commitment to our movement! 20 lucky girls will be learning to code @ #EA. #PartneroftheDay
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Miona Short (@BlkGrlUniverse) made history by becoming the first Black woman to earn a degree in astrophysics at the @UWMadison.
Now she’s launching a new company that helps other women in STEM break the glass ceiling. afrotech.com/black-woman-ast…
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Did you know that a Black woman invented laster eye surgery? Dr. Patricia Bath’s invention revolutionized cataract surgery and made her the first Black female doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Did you know that this year's Miss Universe is a software engineer? Congrats to @andreamezamxu who was crowned this weekend. 👑✨#Yaaaas #GirlsInSTEM
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Last night, at the 23rd @TheWebbyAwards, Girls Who Code alumni, @_dianakris accepted the award on behalf of the #sisterhood.
Her #5WordSpeech: "Stop sexual harassment in tech" #Webbys #TimesUp
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Thursday is International #DayoftheGirl! Join us in celebrating #sisterhood by spreading the word. Raise your hand for what you believe in! #representationmatters #girlswhocode
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An icon. A legend. And she IS the moment. #WomenInTech
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This is what courage looks like.
"My father, thankfully, is not alive to see how Mr. Yoho treated his daughter. My mother got to see Mr. Yoho's disrespect on the floor of this House towards me on television. I am here because I have to show my parents that...that they did not raise me to accept abuse from men."
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Happy #NationalSuperheroDay! We want to thank the women in tech who help make the world a better place every single day. Which #WomanInSTEM is your hero? 🦸♀️🦹♀️🔬💻
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