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Trailblazers — The Age of Girls: Elfthryth

Sep 19, 2018

Junior Girl Tia Shah continues her Trailblazers column by highlighting an English Queen from the tenth century — Elfthryth.

Book Review: Hannah Green and her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence

Sep 17, 2018

Junior Girl Sophie Small reviews Michael Marshall Smith’s Hannah Green and her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence, published by Harper Collins in 2017.

Support Girl Museum’s Threadless Campaign

Sep 16, 2018

Vote for our woven blanket design on Threadless, and help us win a design challenge with some sweet perks included. Every vote helps!

Environmental Views: Easy Ways to Reduce Single-Use Plastic

Sep 14, 2018

High school activist Emily Tamkin is passionate about reducing her environmental footprint. Read on for some of her thoughts on how to reduce single-use plastic in your own lives, and check out the rest of her tips and advice next Friday! Back in the 1960s, a Swedish...

Criminal Girls: Cyntoia Brown

Sep 12, 2018

Cyntoia Brown had a tough start to life. She was born with foetal alcohol syndrome and grew up in an abusive household. This led her to run away from her adoptive parents' house. She began drinking and using drugs as a young teen and it was at this time that she met a...

No Time for Fear — Politicking Girls: More Women in Politics Should Be Our Goal

Sep 10, 2018

It’s no secret that wherever you are in the world, you are likely dealing with some political upheaval and unrest, whether it be locally or on a state or federal level. Politics can be weird, scary, upsetting, and just not make any sense. And you know what would help...

Museum Review: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Sep 5, 2018

Junior Girl Libby Serra reviews the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, and talks about Gardner’s life.

Teen Dramas: The “Bad Girls” Part Two

Sep 4, 2018

The first two seasons of Pretty Little Liars tell us much of what we need to know about the character of Mona. (I also think the first two seasons are the best of the series). This post will contain a bunch of spoilers so read ahead at your own risk. We are introduced...