Ahoy, matey! A pirate be Grace O'Malley.

There's something powerful about make-believe, isn't there? It was the whimsy of make-believe that drove us to feature October's fearless lady. We wanted to cultivate a crate that inspired this kind of imagination. We wanted to take a figure, like a pirate, that has mostly been "for boys" and put a female face on it. This is why this month we're introducing future world changers to The Bold Pirate, Grace O'Malley.

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Beyond Beauty: Celebrating Madam C.J. Walker

When we first created GIRLS CAN! CRATE we wanted our crates to be such that ANY little girl that picked up our crate could relate to something about our featured lady. Perhaps the field she was in resonated with the little girl, or the character trait she embodied, or maybe the lady looked like the little girl, or maybe she was a fascinating woman. Something, anything...that's what we wanted. So when it came time to plan out our year and think about who we'd like to feature in February and for Black History Month we kept coming back to Madam C.J. Walker, entrepreneur and self-made millionaire. But, it wasn't for the reason you'd probably expect...

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Revolutionary Women: 6 Women Who Changed History

A day characterized by BBQs, fireworks, and time with friends and family, we remember our nation's founders and the men who shaped our country and we bring up names like George Washington, Paul Revere, and Thomas Jefferson. But, what about names like Lydia Darragh, Phillis Wheatley, or Margaret Corbin? Women contributed mightily to the path to freedom, and not just on the home front; they worked as spies, alerted Continental troops, placed their name on copies of the Declaration of Independence, and fought for freedom from slavery.

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Saving the Sharks: Meet Zoë

This month we’re celebrating The Adventurous Ichthyologist, Eugenie Clark, and diving into the world of sharks! We are super pumped about this crate because we’re definitely geeked over all things shark related. As we were thinking about this month and what we wanted to share we knew we had to introduce you to one amazing world changer who is working to conserve sharks and help the environment. And she’s only 10!

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