15-year-old Chloe Primerano is now the first female skater drafted into the Canadian Hockey League. Primerano, who is based in North Vancouver, was selected by the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Vancouver Giants in their prospects draft this year. The WHL...
24-year-old Elizabeth Bonker is a writer, non-profit founder and valedictorian of Rollins College. She also has nonverbal autism, which means she uses a text-to-speech assistive device to communicate. But Elizabeth's autism hasn't stopped her from speaking up for what she believes...
“I would like to move on, to have my normal life and to graduate with my class in 2023,” Emily Pennington, an 18-year-old student at West High School, told her school board during a special meeting. “I like to be...
April is National Autism Acceptance Month, and we're celebrating by spotlighting girls with autism who are shattering misconceptions in their communities. Jada Braxton, 17, was diagnosed with autism as a child—and since then, she's refused to let her diagnosis dull...
On March 8, the Florida Senate passed the Parental Rights in Education Bill (dubbed the "Don't Say Gay Bill" by critics). This bill would prohibit classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in primary schools. There's no doubt that...
Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford has become the youngest female pilot to circle the globe solo. On Thursday, January 20, the British-Belgian teen landed in western Belgium after a five-month journey across 41 countries and over 52,000 kilometers. "It's just really crazy, I...
@evanbialosukniaa Just this past month, 17-year-old Florida high school student Evan Bialosuknia made history when she was crowned her school's first transgender homecoming queen. Despite fearing that her peers might poke fun at her, Evan held her head high as she...
Just a few hours after everything went down on Sept 11, 2001 our website, girlslife.com, went up. We asked girls to share their thoughts, their hopes, their fears and their prayers. Here are some of those first e-mails—a permanent record...
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