"Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Women throughout history have broken the rules and stepped outside conventional social norms to make history happen. We investigate several women who stand out as the rebels of their time. A Beautiful World is a solutions journalism news program...
Elena Favilli: We didn't want to give children the usual fairy tales. Heather McElhatton: That's Elena Favilli (ELLEN-ah FAH-vee-lee), who wrote Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, with co-author Francesca Cavallo (FRAHN-chess-kah -KAH-vall-oh.) It's not your typical book of fairy tales, these stories are true and...
Darwin’s Color Dictionary Used by Charles Darwin to describe colors in the field, "Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours” is one of the first color charts ever created. “The naturalist Charles Darwin, he actually used to carry a copy with him, when he was on his travels, and...
Mark Cook: My name's Mark Cook and I live in the Orkney Islands, a group of islands at the top of Scotland. If you look at a map of the UK, and you go to the top, swim six miles north and there's a bunch...
[embed]https://animoto.com/play/PQqSHYQ0XcL1sCgsjWgrZw#[/embed] Why is art magical? How can it make us happy? How Art Can Make You Happy offers the keys to unlocking a rich and rewarding source of joy in life. This easy, breezy handbook by Bridget Watson Payne is full of insight that will help...
Barber gives free haircuts to kids who read out loud for him...
[embed]https://animoto.com/play/J31ale2lT8Wt6BsscRuMQg[/embed] Choirbuzz is an international choral music media platform, and the brainchild of choral singer Tesfa Wondemagegnehu. Tesfa Wondemagegnehu: People are born with this inherent love, this innate love of music. Heather McElhatton: That's Tesfa Wondemagegnehu (wahn-dee-MAHG-knee-yoo,) Director of Music at Westminster Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He says...
Story Transcript Heather McElhatton: I'm Heather McElhatton and this is a Beautiful World, bringing you inspirational stories from around the globe. Rita Garza: We really are promoting the re-definition of family. What it means to be a family, and in crisis how to stay together as a family? Heather...