Be who you want to be. Give back to the community. Express yourself. These were the things I was thinking when I started Bold, an organization to empower young girls to become women. I wanted to create a place where everyone has a voice, including those who don’t want to speak up. Bold is a sisterh...

The Boy Scouts of America announced Oct. 11 it will soon allow girls to join the organization as Cub Scouts and earn the rank of Eagle Scout, marking a significant policy shift in the organization’s history. The BSA said its historic decision to include girls came after years of receiving requests from...

The female society has been plastered with images of the “ideal” appearance and personality for decades, each new generation stricken with a new paragon. A slim tall, but not too tall, figure with the personality matching that girl everyone loves, whether funny or more easygoing. Yet if every...