After the Olympics, in 1935, Babe took up the sport of golf, quickly excelling. In 1938, less than 3 years after learning the sport, she became the first woman to participate in a men's PGA Tour event. She would go one to compete in three other events, making the cut in two of them. To this date, no other woman has accomplished this feat.
It was here that Dr. Franklin discovered the density of DNA and established that the molecule existed in a helical formation. Her work making clearer x-ray patterns of DNA led to the eventual conclusion by James Watson and Frances Crick that the structure of DNA was a double helix polymer in 1953.
Beginning in 1993, Butler began publishing the Parable series, which further increased her fame as a writer, culminating in her receiving the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 1995.
Women are more susceptible to labor trafficking, poor working conditions and even debt bondage, which is where laborers are forced to work off the cost of their housing and food. Often, they are not even paid enough to afford transportation off the coffee plantation. According to the organization Verité, women are often forced to perform lower skilled tasks, work more overall hours than men, be paid less, and experience higher rates of sexual assault. Because many countries do not offer the same educational opportunities to girls, they are destined for a life of exploitative labor on coffee farms with little hope out of poverty.
Kenyan coffees are best known for their acidity and citric fruit notes, but surprisingly they also can be more balanced and savory like some South American coffees. You never quite know what you are going to get with them, which is what makes Kenyans so fun and exciting! Some coffee drinkers love fruity coffee but want a fuller body, and Kenyans are best positioned to satisfy these drinkers.
One of the most common questions we get as coffee roasters is about choosing the right roast for our customer's distinct taste. There are many factors that go into such a decision, and we thought it would be helpful to provide this guide to help you choose!
Everything changed for Sylvia when she met Marsha Johnson, a self-identified drag queen and activist who was fighting for transgender inclusion in the larger Gay Rights movement. Under the mentorship of Marsha, Sylvia developed her own streak of activism and pride in who she was.
In 1993, Dr. Ochoa made history as the first Hispanic woman to go to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. The purpose of the mission was to study Earth’s ozone layer.
During the height of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Dorothy's leadership of the NCNW took her activism to new heights. She helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963 and worked in close partnership with Dr. Martin Luther King, Ella Baker and other prominent leaders. Notably, Dorothy was not given the opportunity to speak at the March, despite her oratory skills. As she put it, her male counterparts were "happy to include women in the human family, but there was no question as to who headed the household."