Just after the launch of “Nevertheless She Persisted” I was fortunate enough to have Chelsea Clinton come speak to local girls.
She could not have been smarter, kinder or easier to work with. Same for her staff. After the book signing- there was a moment- it was actually one of
🥾 "No Boundaries," a new book from National Geographic, offers kids and tweens a look into the day-to-day lives of women working in the fields of volcanology, biology, anthropology, astronomy, and more.
She uses extreme language like palace was out to “destroy her”.She lied & said the palace fed her to wolves when in fact she fed herself to wolves.Palace warned her against suing the newspaper but she persisted!Then her lies got found out & she got caught but blame it on palace
The way she moves and the magic in her eyes and the smile nevertheless she persisted✨ The child in her Enjoys the little things! #shiwin❤️#Shivin#BiggBossTamil#BiggBossTamil6
Octavia E. Butler’s #Kindred was rejected by publishers 15 times. “Kindred…really gave me trouble," Butler explained in 2004 "Nobody wanted to buy it…They said, 'Well, gee, it's well written, but we don't know what it is.'" She persisted.
My new piece:
Happy #BookBirthday to @kimbbbradley's SHE PERSISTED: ROSALIND FRANKLIN! The next biography in @ChelseaClinton's SHE PERSISTED series introduces readers to a Rosalind Franklin, scientist who helped with the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA (what we're made up of).
"The thing that makes women strong, is that we have the guts to be vulnerable. We have the ability to feel the depths of our emotion, and we know that we will walk through it to the other side." - Cat Grant, Supergirl Season 2, Episode 22 “Nevertheless, She Persisted”
Getting interesting signals from the oil and gas industry lawyer at this virtual air quality hearing with a “nevertheless she persisted” sign in her zoom background. Feminists for Fracking!