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women radiating Intelligent Beauty

women radiating Intelligent Beauty





Beauty is as Beauty Does: There are so many ways to be beautiful on this planet. While we illustrate a few well-known, inspirational woman below, we also celebrate the thousands of women out there who are private heroes, maybe even in your own family, most likley even yourself--each beautiful in their own special way--and often against steep odds.


Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi: born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro-democracy activist and a noted prisoner of conscience and advocate of nonviolent resistance. More



Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova—the first woman in space—was born in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village in the Yaroslavl Oblast in western Russia. More



Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor: The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a crucial swing vote on the Court for many years. More



Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe: American Artist. Born Nov. 15, 1887. Died Mar. 6, 1986, Known for her southwest pastels and florals. More



Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange (died October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. More



Anita Roddick

Anita Roddick was the founder of The Body Shop, a British cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. more...
Beauty IQ

Taking back our power

Unfortunately for women, the dominance of male motivation spans the globe--particularily in the beauty industry. As a result, men often define the perfect norm against which women are measured and found lacking. Sometimes, women's bodies are the blank screens upon which men's standards of beauty are projected (including other women involved in the beauty industry). More....
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how silly are we?

For ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Persians, sparkling eyes were considered beautiful. Sometimes they even applied a heavy metal poison antimony to make their conjunctiva sparkle. During the Elizabethan era, a woman with a high forehead was considered beautiful so upper-class Elizabethan women plucked or shaved their foreheads. More....
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