Category: Women Doing Amazing Things

Tour de Suisse Women: Marlen Reusser wins while Niamh Fisher-Black claims stage four win
1. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ/Team SD Worx) 2hrs 47mins 49secs 2. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol/Canyon SRAM Racing) +1sec 3. Marlen Reusser (Swi/Team SD Worx) +37secs 4. Demi…

Mary Wilson – a Motown legend and a style icon
Michael Ochs Archives The Supremes’ classic line-up (L-R): Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross When The Supremes broke up in 1977, Mary Wilson faced…

Yulduz and Fariba Hashimi: Escaping the Taliban, chasing a dream
Fariba won the race after an exciting sprint-off against her sister, to become the new Afghan women’s road champion. After they crossed the finish line,…

Four things you may not know about the first moon landing
NASA Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins practises in the simulator in June 1969 – one month before launch Fifty years on, the Apollo Moon programme…

‘I’ve been spat at in the face for the colour of my skin’
Women’s basketball: ‘I’ve been spat at in the face for the colour of my skin’ Basketball scout Sarah Chan’s career has taken her all over…

Callum McGregor backs ‘attacking’ Celtic in SWPL race
McGregor has been impressed with the captaincy of Kelly Clark, who is also set to skipper Celtic in this month’s Women’s Scottish Cup final against…

Are we done with the CV gap taboo?
Getty Images Following the pandemic, more of the workforce are having pauses in their careers – and many employers are encouraging them to open up…

Munsters and Mary Tyler Moore Show creator dies aged 85
Getty Images Allan Burns and his wife Joan Allan Burns, the co-creator of The Munsters and The Mary Tyler Moore Show – which is credited…

The workers happy to be laid off
Getty Images Layoffs are jarring, disruptive and taxing. But some workers have found an upside to losing their jobs. When Suki Lanh heard she was…

The Gen Z friendship problem
Getty Images For older generations, work was the sole place of connection. Without offices, young people have to get clever about making friends. Nayomi Mbunga…