Good on the Ground

Profiles of entrepreneurial women who are addressing social issues in innovative and inspiring ways.

Amy Hagstrom Miller of Whole Woman’s Health is on a mission to make abortions safe and stigma-free

Meet the Abortion Clinic Owner Who Took on Texas

Jessica Schreiber of Fabscrap

Meet the Fashion ‘Trash Nerd’ Who’s Won Money and Love from Vogue

The Negg

A Small Inventor Turns ‘Granny Thug’ to Take on Counterfeiters

KETOS

Her Startup Aims to Make Water Safer and Cleaner

Meet the ER Doctor Bringing Covid Tests to the Communities Who Need It the Most

Shelter in place: New mom Mia bonds with Sofie, born March 20. (Credit: Pregnant Mare Rescue)

Baby Horses Are Still Being Born: Running a Horse Sanctuary During Coronavirus

Trapezium Math

3 Mission-Driven Women Entrepreneurs Share What Inspired Them to Start

Paty Funegra of La Cocina VA is one of seven Latinx entreprenuers who inspires us. (Credit: La Cocina VA)

An Immigrant Founder Uses Food to Lift Up Her Latino Community

Nonspec Prothetics

Meet the Plastics Engineer Who’s Raised $1 Million to Make Prosthetic Legs

IAmElemental

She Designed Fierce Female Action Figures. And Surprise! Her Customers Are Men

Sasha Bruce Youthworks

How a ‘Champion of Change’ Stays Inspired, Even on Soul-Crushing Days

JJ Ramberg Goodshop

JJ Ramberg on the End of ‘Your Business’ and What’s Ahead

Dianne Berkun Menaker

Thanks to This Musical Disrupter, the Chorus Is No Longer a ‘Uniblob’

Scarlett Lewis lost her son Jesse Lewis in the Sandy Hook school shooting. That loss inspired her nonprofit.

After the Sandy Hook Shooting Took Her Son, a Mom Found Her Mission

Interview with Donna Karan, Urban Zen founder and fashion business legend

Donna Karan Opens Up About Fashion, Failure and the Force That Drives Her

Laura Stachel, founder of We Care Solar, makes solar suitcases that save pregnant women’s lives

When Pain Derailed This Doctor’s Career, She Started a $5 Million Nonprofit That Saves Pregnant Women’s Lives Around the World

Pam Marrone Bio-Innovations

An Insect Lover Builds an $18 Million Natural Pest Control Company

Natalie Small, founder of surf therapy nonprofit Groundswell. Coach for women beginner surfers.

A Surf Therapist Builds a ‘Really Beautiful Thing’ for Trauma Survivors

Muttville

How to Seriously Make a Difference Through Your Work

Kristy Allen beekeeper and founder of Beez Kneez

This Minneapolis Beekeeper Is Building a Thriving Business

Feeling Lost, She Quit Her Corporate Job, Started a Social Enterprise and Reinvented Her Life

Rana Dajani We Love Reading

Why a Jordanian Scientist Is on a Mission to Get Kids to Read for Pleasure

Celeste Mergens Days for GIrls

Why This Nonprofit Cares About Periods. And How Meghan Markle Might Help

Mother Nation Helps Heal Native Women

A Survivor Uses Sweat Lodges, Talking Circles and Dream Catchers to Bring Healing to Native Women

How Art With Heart Founder Steffanie Lorig tackled succession planning and successfully hand her nonprofit over to Heidi Durham.

How to Retire From Your Mission-Based Baby

For This CEO, Volunteerism Is as Important as Her Work

Kimberly Peeler-Allen (right) and Glynda C. Carr are the co-founders of nonprofit Higher Heights, which is crusading for black women in politics. (Credit: Higher Heights)

These Two Activists are Elevating Black Women in U.S. Politics

This Fintech Entrepreneur Is Banking on Disaster. Literally.

Jennifer Bolstad, landscape architect and founder of Local Office Landscape and Urban Design, helps coastal communities cope with rising sea levels

This Landscape Architect Is Committed to Saving Coastal Communities

Angela King, co-founder and deputy director of Life After Hate, helps former white supremacists and members of hate groups become productive members of society

Providing A Way Forward From Hate

She’s Bringing Joy to Kids in Poverty

Mona Tavakoli Becky Gebhardt Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles

Meet the Rock Camp Founders Who Are Teaching Much More Than Music

This Former Military Officer Is Teaching Young Girls to Be Confident

Monique Willis, founder of Momma on a Mission. (Credit: Iconic Visuals) helps those with the loss of family members

How a Mother’s Grief Inspired a Mission

Kari Warberg Block, founder of All Natural Pest Control

Meet the Female Entrepreneur Who’s Going Global With Her Eco-Friendly Pest Repellant

Angie Lozano, founder of Angie's House

For Those In Need of Shelter, This Arizona Entrepreneur Has a Solution

Lynn Julian and Chance Claxton of U Konserve

How School-Lunch Trash Inspired Two Moms to Start an Eco-Cool Business

Ann Siner, founder of My Sister's Closet

These Phoenix Sisters Launched a $25 Million Eco-Chic Business

Chelsea Harden H.E.A.R.T. Center

This 6-Horse Startup Helps Kids With Special Needs

Martina McBride Sheila Jones Team Music is Love

A Fan Teams With Singer Martina McBride to Do Good

Anna Otedor Kusiima

In Rural Uganda, Women Supporting Women

Bye Bye Plastic Bags Melati and Isabel Wijsen

3 Solutions from Women to a Staggering Plastic Problem

Muttville Sherri Franklin senior dog rescue

A Former Hairstylist Brings Hope to Senior Dogs

Former pageant winner Lovern Gordon launched Love Life Now to unite communities against domestic violence and break down the isolation that survivors like her have experienced — and that allows abuse to persist. (Credit: Love Life Now)

A Beauty Queen’s Platform Becomes a Nonprofit That Stands Against Domestic Abuse

Danielle Gletow, founder of One Simple Wish

Meet the New Jersey Mom Granting Foster Kids’ Wishes

Tish Scolnik, founder of GRIT

The Unusual Item That Inspired This Science Entrepreneur’s Career Path

Nidhi Plant, founder of DesiVDesi, which sells low-cost solar dryers to farmers in India and beyond

An Indian Startup Takes ‘Ugly’ Farm Food To Market

Tatiana Garcia-Granados, founder of The Common Market

This Philadelphia Entrepreneur is Helping Fix a Broken Food System

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