More Than A Surname: How Benita Whitney Urey Is Forging Her Own Legacy
To carry a prominent surname in Liberia is to move with an advantage and a burden at once. The name ...
Tag: Women & Grit
Luzekiel Solee Fights Fires for a Living. Most People Assume She Doesn’t
The first fire Luzekiel K. Solee had to get past was not burning anything. It was the assumption, held by ...
Tamar J.W. Tarr: The Private Who Wants to Command an Army
Women are 7.4 percent of the Armed Forces of Liberia. Pvt. Tamar J.W. Tarr, 24, a clerk at headquarters, is ...
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: The Story of Lisa Diasay and Her Fight for Women’s Voices in Journalism
"Don't come into journalism because you want your voice to be heard. Come because you want other people's voices to ...
Selling Heritage, Building Hope: The Rise of Ruth Farkollie-Cooper
How Ruth Tete Farkollie-Cooper turned a quiet absence in the homes of the African diaspora into a brand built on ...
The Fire Took Their Goods. The People Took the Rest
At Red Light Market, two women lost their businesses twice in one day — first to flames, then to their ...
