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I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.

Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day.

And here at There Are No Girls on the Internet, we're celebrating by taking part in IHeart Radio's Women Take the Mic Initiative.

International Women's Day has always kind of meant a lot to me.

It is so important to me to be honoring and lifting up women all over the world.

And I think this year I'm doing that while also really wrestling with

the fact that women, both here in the United States, but especially globally, are facing a lot

right now. You know, in times of war, in conflict, we know that it is always women that really

bear the brunt. And I guess that's just sort of weighing very heavy on my mind as I reflect on what

International Women's Day means to me this year. I do also just want to take a moment to honor the

women who have supported me and helped me to get where I am today. You know, I know that I would

not be doing any of what I am doing, if not for the women that came before me. You'll hear a bit

more about that later in this episode,

but the woman that I kind of modeled my career after was the late, great Gwen Eiffel,

a journalist and correspondent on PBS. Gwen Eiffel was the first woman to host a nationally

televised U.S. Public Affairs Program with Washington Weekend Review. I actually have a picture of her hanging on my fridge right now.

My parents always watched her on PBS, and when I was a kid, it was the first time that I

saw a black woman have this big career on television.

And I always wondered, wow, I wonder if I could do that too someday.

You know, she really had the quintessential

big career that I always wanted for myself. Like, she did it all. She moderated presidential

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