by Gina Ardito | Mar 18, 2013 | Barbie, Mattel, Sheroes
Love her or hate her, there isn’t a girl (or guy, for that matter) who doesn’t know Barbie. Ruth Handler, creator of the iconic doll, came up with the idea while watching her daughter and friends playing with paper dolls. She noticed they didn’t...
by Gina Ardito | Mar 16, 2013 | American history, GPS, Hedy Lamar, Invention of cell phone, Sheroes, WiFi
And no, that’s not “Hedley.”Next time you pick up your cell phone to make a call or access Google, you can thank this silent film star and sex symbol of the ’30s and ’40s for making the technology possible. As history tells the tale,...
by Gina Ardito | Mar 13, 2013 | Dolley Madison, Famous Women, Sheroes, Women's History Month
March is Women’s History Month. So let’s talk SHEroes. Not heroines, like in romance novels and cozy mysteries. SHEroes. Women who have changed history, gone toe-to-toe with greatness, and made the world a better place simply by using their strengths for...
