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Website. girlswhocode .com. Girls Who Code (also known as GWC) is an international nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. Among its programs are a summer immersion program, a specialized campus program, after-school clubs, a college club, College Loops, [ 1][ 2] and a series of books. [ 3]
Girls is an American comedy-drama television series created by and starring Lena Dunham, executive-produced by Judd Apatow. The series depicts four young women living in New York City . The show's premise was drawn from Dunham's own life, as were major aspects of the main character, including financial isolation from her parents, becoming a ...
Girls on the Run (also referred to as Girls on the Run International ), a national non-profit [ 1] organization, designs programming that strengthens third- to eighth grade girls’ social, emotional, physical and behavioral skills to successfully navigate life experiences. The program’s intentional curriculum places an emphasis on developing ...
Boys and Girls State programs both began in 1937 and are held in each of the U.S. states (except Hawaii where there is only a Girls State program), usually at a college within that state. There is also a coed Boys/Girls State session held in Washington, D.C. [ 1] In general, male and female programs are held separately, but at least ten states ...
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy (Atlanta) Atlanta Girls' School. St. Vincent's Academy (Savannah) Pinecrest Academy (Cumming) puts boys and girls in separate classes. Former girls' schools. Girls High School (Atlanta) (Became coeducational) Mount de Sales Academy (Became coeducational)
The Boys and Girls Club logo was designed by Saul Bass in 1978. "Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence." Boys & Girls Clubs of America ( BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide voluntary after-school ...
Campbell–Hagerman College, Lexington (founded in 1903; closed in 1912) Cedar Bluff College, Woodburn (closed in 1892) Clinton College, Clinton (co-ed in 1876; closed in 1915) Elizabethtown Female Academy, Elizabethtown, incorporated in 1848, [ 5] grew out of the boys-only Hardin Academy, established in 1806.
The Girls Inc. (Girls Club of America) movement was founded in 1864 in Waterbury, Connecticut. The organization's mission was to help young women who had migrated from rural communities in search of job opportunities, experiencing upheaval in the aftermath of the Civil War. [ 3][ 4] In 1945, fourteen charter Girls Clubs joined together to form ...