British Woman Breaks a World Record

British Woman Becomes the First Person to Ski Across Antarctica AloneIf the winter weather is getting to you, imagine how British skier Felicity Aston must have felt. She just returned today from a solo ski expedition across Antarctica. She is the first woman—and first human—to complete such a journey alone. The trip took her 59 days, during which she was powered only by her own strength. She hauled two sledges over 1,084 miles, which is not too shabby! The 34-year-old woman from Kent, England, is a veteran of subzero treks, and she used to work at a British weather service base in Antarctica.

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The Savvy Girl's Guide to Giving Back

Don't have the extra time or cash to max out your karmic potential? Read this charity cheat sheet [By Jessica Henderson and Sophia Banay Moura], a roundup of 10 easy ways to pay it forward and six women who make a difference daily.

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'My First Hardcore Song,' The Metal Music Video From An 8-Year-Old

"Listen everyone. This is Juliet. She's 8. She loves her dog Robert and her fishes and she wants to get her "two-step on."

She's not afraid of you, or anyone. She likes to jump on her trampoline along with her stuffed animals and she does windmills in the street." READ THE FULL STORY

You tell 'em, girl! 

'Freedom's Sisters' Spotlights Women in Civil Rights

NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--Myrlie Evers-Williams, the first full-time female chairperson of the NAACP, finds honor in being the widow of Medgar Evers, the civil rights leader whose 1963 murder energized the protesters who brought an end to legal forms of segregation.

But she doesn't want her identification to end there.

"I am much more than that," she said in a recent phone interview.

"So was Coretta Scott King and Dr. Betty Shabazz," she added, referring to the widows of civil rights martyrs Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

These women, among 20 in all, get a fuller-than-usual recognition in the traveling exhibit "Freedom's Sisters," a project sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund and produced by the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition and the Cincinnati Museum Center. The interactive exhibit offers photography, video and audio.

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Women Lobby for Bald Barbie for Girls with Cancer

A new Facebook page had skyrocketed to popularity and it has nothing to do with the latest starlet or rock star. The new site, started just days before Christmas, has more than 40,000 "Likes'" and the numbers are growing every minute. 

The page's creators are unlikely stars as well. Rebecca Sypin, 32, is a special-education teacher living in Lancaster, Calif. Jane Bingham, 42, is a photographer from Sewell, N.J. What has brought these two women together? Cancer. 

Bingham has lost her hair due to chemotherapy treatments to treat lymphoma. Sypin's 12-year-old daughter also lost her hair this year in her own battle with leukemia. In an effort to honor girls and women who have lost their hair in their battles with cancer, Sypin and Bingham hatched the idea to lobby toy maker Mattel, manufacturer of the iconic Barbie dolls, to create a bald Barbie doll.  READ THE FULL STORY