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Many cultures around the world have stories about groups of nine women.In Great Britain they occur in a variety of situations. In Scotland there are references to Nine Maidens, purportedly a group of, [clarification needed] [1] and there were a number of wells dedicated to them, [2] but like all similar groupings would appear to have had their origin in pre-Christian times.
The RINJ Foundation – civil society women's group focused on safety of women & children particularly from sexual exploitation & violence (founded 2012) TimesUp – organization all around the world (famous ambassadors: Emma Watson, Meryl Streep) UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women (established 1976) UN Women – established 2010
Girl groups have been popular at least since the heyday of the Boswell Sisters beginning in the 1930s, but the term "girl group" also denotes the wave of American female pop singing groups who flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and the British Invasion, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop ...
The group was later known as the National Association of Working Women. Members of this group met with Jane Fonda and served as an inspiration for the smash-hit comedy, 9 to 5, [10] featuring Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman, among others. The film focuses on clerical working women, their experiences at work, and the overall activism of ...
The Original 9 were a group of nine women's professional tennis players who broke away from the governing bodies of tennis in 1970 to launch their own professional tour, the Virginia Slims Circuit, which later evolved into the modern WTA Tour.
International groups who cover the general topics of science, technology, engineering, and math. 500 Women Scientists; American Association of University Women (AAUW) AnitaB.org; Association for Women in Science (AWIS) European Platform of Women Scientists; Girl Geek Dinners; Graduate Women in Science (GWIS; formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon)
This is a list of girl groups of all musical genres. Girl groups are musical groups that only contain female vocalists. This is distinct from all-female bands, wherein the members themselves perform the instrumental components of the music (see List of all-female bands). This is not a list of solo female musicians or singers.
La Puente Valley Woman's Club Women's Club of Coconut Grove, founded in 1891 Andover Chapter House, in 2011 General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters. Woman's clubs or women's clubs are examples of the woman's club movement. Many local clubs and national or regional federations were influential in history.