League of Extraordinary Women

As I continue to mine the internet researching the movement that is taking place among women, I came across two articles in Fast Company magazine about a "League of Extraordinary Women: 60 Influencers Who Are Changing the World."

These articles represent an unprecedented network of high achieving women from the world's largest companies, innovative start-ups, philanthropic organizations, government and the arts.  They have combined forces to change the lives of girls and women everywhere.

It states that this interconnected group of women are formulating groundbreaking initiatives and hacking long outdated aid models by tapping new thinking and a growing data set that suggests, investing in girls and women will create measurable economic benefits for all.

Pat Mitchell, a 69 year old award winning journalist believes that the League is the embodiment of a new global women's movement. "It's distinct from the first wave started by Gloria Steinam primarily because it is inter-generational and highly collaborative, focused on specific issues with specific solutions.

This group of women are modern social capitalists who aren't content to throw money at top-down solutions.  Instead they believe in using new methods to solve global problems one girl at a time.

Their goal is to create lasting institutions and models that will bring the issues of very poor women and girls to the table and that will help these women help themselves.  They aim to elevate deserving like minded peers and develop future generations of leaders.

I would call these 60 women definite Role Models for our next generation of up and coming professional women.

 http://www.fastcompany.com/section/league-of-extraordinary-women-2012