2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is On!

UPDATE: July 6, 2019-- Team USA will play the Netherlands Team on Sunday, July 7. This will be a fantastic game. Good luck to all the players!!

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Heads up! The world is watching this month--the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The games are in full gear in Paris, France. This amazing gathering of talented women is there to play soccer with all their skills and heart. The USA calls the game soccer, the world calls it football.

VIDEO: FIFA World Cup Mascot

Wishing the women of the world good luck and exciting action on a memorable journey to win the World Cup!

Do you love playing soccer? 

Will you watch the Women's World Cup games?

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If you like sports, read about the successful female athletes featured in 

Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women

Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women
by J. Q. Rose

Women's Hockey Olympic Gold Medalist--Angela Ruggiero

Bike Racer Paralympic Gold Medalist--Mackenzie Woodring 

Dressage Competitor--Pati Pierucci 

Click here to download this interactive eBook now from your favorite digital bookseller and be inspired by the stories of women in diverse careers.

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Meet Katie Hughes, Founder of Girls Build

Hello and welcome to the Girls Succeed blog!

Tools used in the building trades
Picture courtesy of Pixabay

I'm thrilled to introduce you to Katie Hughes today. When Katie worked as a carpenter in the building trades, she  realized how few women actually were in the jobs that include carpentry, electrical and plumbing installation, and all the jobs or trades needed to build a house, a commercial building, or even a play house. 

The demand for trades people is growing and businesses are searching for good, hard workers who love to create with their hands. Katie has made it her mission to train women for the jobs and to teach girls 8-14 years old many of the skills they can use to now to make clocks, sandboxes, and playhouses. 

Katie founded Girls Build in Portland, Oregon because she wanted to "inspire curiosity and confidence in girls through the world of building." Girls Build offers workshops after school and/or a week of summer camp filled with building projects, games and fun.
She was chosen as an Everyday Hero by KATU TV Station in Oregon.
Click here to watch their VIDEO.

Simply put, Katie wants girls to "try stuff" and discover the skills she teaches. Do you have a desire to build something with your hands? Watch it grow into something useful? And look at your handiwork with pride?

Learn more about Katie and her summer camp for girls in this video. Click the title to watch.
Video: Girls Build--Returning the Favor with Mike Rowe

Women who choose to work in the building trades experience the joy of building. How about you? Are you interested in learning how to use tools? Please leave a comment below. We'd love to hear from you.Thank you.

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Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women by J.Q. Rose Inspiring and empowering girls to achieve success in their dream careers.

An interactive e-book filled with dreams and passion to inspire, entertain, and empower girls. Fifteen remarkable career women in a variety of occupations share their stories in these pages. Explore careers which include women who have discovered cures to stamp out disease, made people laugh, earned Olympic and Paralympic gold medals, and crossed the country in the cab of an 18 wheeler.

Available now at amazon.
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REVIEWS:

Girls Succeed to become Successful Women This book is well written and very informative. If you have a dream you don't think you'll be able to attain I suggest you have a look at this book. It will certainly give you inspiration for your own goals. Sue Pernzon

Very Inspirational My favorite inspirational story is Mackenzie Woodring, because even after sustaining her injuries and losing her sister she still managed to come back and achieve her dream. Charity Martinez

Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women by J.Q. Rose

Inspiring and empowering girls to achieve success in their dream careers.

Happy New Year 2018

Welcome to the Girls Succeed Blog!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Next up, Happy New Year 2018! 

We're taking a break, but we'll be right back at it with a new blog article for you on 
January 4. Please stop in to meet an extraordinary woman.

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Have a Safe and Happy New Year 2018!

Girls ARE Smart!, Girls Succeed!!

AND make your dreams come true!

In a report on Megan Kelly's NBC News show, a study interviewed girls from 5-7 years old. The 5- year-olds believed they were smart. After 6 years old, the girls didn't think they were smart. What happens to change the opinion of themselves?

I think they need to know some smart, successful role models to offer them as a guide to make their dreams into reality. Learning about  these women can convince them that smart women can achieve their dreams. 

Take a look at this video of smart girls who are successful in their careers.

You Tube video for Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women

Click here to find out more about the successful women interviewed in Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women.

What is your dream job? Please leave a comment. We'd like to hear your plans.

Trailblazer: Race Car Driver Danica Patrick Races Today in the Daytona 500

NASCAR Driver Danica Patrick is a real competitor. After Thursday night's contact on the race track with a NASCAR driver who pushed too close to her race car and caused her to spin and wreck her vehicle, she didn't give up. After several pit stops for repair, she raced so she could qualify in today's Daytona 500 race. To be assured of a spot in The Great American Race on Sunday, Patrick needed to finish at least 16th in her Duel qualifier. With her skill and determination, she set her race helmet to do that. 

During the duel race, she radioed her team to find out what she needed to do to make it into the most important race in NASCAR schedule of 2015 races. In an interview at FOXSports.com she said,   "At the end when they told me I need four spots or, 'You need to pass these two cars or you're 18th right now,' I was like, 'Okay, do I have to be desperate basically? Do I have to pass these cars?' Nobody answered me. I just said, 'Screw it, I'm going to be desperate.' "

Danica did it! She is racing in the 2015 Daytona 500 in her bright green #10 car emblazoned with her sponsor's logo, Go Daddy.

Danica's race car--photo from Danica Patrick's Facebook page

Many years ago, this feisty young woman was really my spark to begin featuring trailblazing women  on this blog and to tell the stories of  successful women and their careers in an eBook for girls. I want girls to hear the stories of these role models and be empowered to pursue their dream careers and goals. Danica Patrick certainly is an inspiring role model.

Danica began racing go karts when she was ten years old at the Sugar River Raceway in Broadhead, Wisconsin. At sixteen she moved to England to advance her racing career racing in the British national series. From this beginning she kept working on her racing skills and pushed on to success after success. Her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only women's victory in an IndyCar Series race and her third place in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 the highest finish there ever by a woman.  In 2013, she became the first female NASCAR driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole, turning in the fastest qualifying lap since 1990 - qualifying for the Daytona. And this year she returns to Daytona to race after overcoming the car wreck and having to drive a back up car around those high sloped sides of the Daytona track.

Go Danica! 

I'll update you on the results after the race is finished this evening.

UPDATE: February 23, 2015

Danica finished 21st in the field of 43 cars. Amazing performance! She was flying around the race track at 200 mph and so were all the cars. I can only relate to driving on I-95 at 75 mph with traffic whizzing by me at 80 or 90 mph. I cannot imagine driving at those NASCAR race speeds. 

How about you? Are you interested in racing cars or being a car/truck mechanic? Leave a comment below.
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Career: Angela Ruggiero, Olympics Gold Medalist in Women's Ice Hockey, Listen to an excerpt

Ice hockey season is here. Do you have hockey fever? Do you play ice hockey? Ice hockey is an exciting sport to watch AND to play. Today I am sharing an excerpt about a girl who dreamed of playing ice hockey as a Team USA member in the Olympics. Angela Ruggiero loved the ice from the time she was seven years old. She accomplished her dream of representing the USA four times at the Olympics winning gold, silver, and bronze medals. I hope you enjoy listening to an excerpt from the chapter about Angela in Girls Succeed! 

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to the recording about Angela Ruggiero.

World Record Holders: 63 Awesome Women Sky Dive Into the World Record Books

Talk about Girls Succeeding! These 63 awesome women set a sky diving record for the largest all-female formation free-falling in the skies over Arizona. Diving head first at 165 mph this amazing skydiving team worked together

 to form an unforgettable star in the heavens. 

Lindsay Janis of ABC News reporting.

Can you imagine yourself doing this? 

What do you dream of achieving in your life? You can do it!

Children's Book Week Giveaway Hop May 13-19

Children’s Book Week Giveaway Hop

May 13th – 19th

Hosted by 

KidLitFrenzy, Mymcbooks

& I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

Hello and welcome to the Children's Book Week Giveaway Hop! What a fantastic group of blogs and books to "hop" to and so many prizes! The blogs hosting the hop are at the bottom of the page.  Have a "hoppy" day!

I am thrilled to introduce you to  my non-fiction e-book, Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful 

Please leave a comment and email addy below to be eligible to win a digital copy of the inter-active e-book  Find out more about this inspiring book for girls below.

Girls Succeed interviews fifteen remarkable women who have achieved recognition for accomplishment in their occupations. This diverse group of careers encompasses women in the arts, business, science, medicine, ministry, entertainment, and sports. Stories include women who have stamped out disease, made people laugh, earned Olympic and Paralympic gold medals, crossed the country in the cab of an eighteen wheeler, and many more chapters to inspire and empower girls to reach for their dreams.

Remarkable women I interviewed for the book!

Link to Trailer

You can download a sample of the book which includes the Table of Contents and/or purchase Girls Succeed at

Smashwords Link 

Amazon Link  

Kobo Link 

Barnes and Noble Link 

After writing feature articles in magazines, newspapers, and online magazines for over fifteen years, J.Q. Rose entered the world of fiction writing with mysteries, Sunshine Boulevard and Coda to Murder, released by Muse It Up Publishing. In Girls Succeed she returns to her first love, writing

about real people.  Blogging, photography, Pegs and Jokers board games, and travel are the things that keep her out of trouble. Spending winters in Florida with her husband allows Janet the opportunity to enjoy the life of a snowbird. Summer finds her camping and hunting toads, frogs, and salamanders with her four grandsons and granddaughter.

Video: Girl Rising--Education for Girls

An important film, Girl Rising, is opening in the USA. Amazing in its width and breadth exploring the lives of girls on this planet. It is a close-up view of lives of girls and the importance of girls getting an education.

Girls are important! You are important! An education is the ticket to opening wonderful worlds of hope and security for girls. Watch the video. 

You can find out more about the movie and locations where it is being shown in your area. I haven't seen the entire movie, but I hope I get the opportunity this spring. To learn more about this project go to the Girl Rising website.

What are your thoughts on girls and education?

Did you see the movie? Tell us about it. Did it make a difference in how you think? how you perceive your world? 

Please share your feelings by leaving a comment below. Thank you.

Five Stars for Girls Succeed!!

Thrilled to share this 5 star Review on Amazon from Sue's Reviews below:

5.0 out of 5 stars Girls Succeed to become Successful Women, December 9, 2012
By Sue Pernz "SueP" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women (Kindle Edition)

This book is well written and very informative. If you have a dream you don't think you'll be able to attain I suggest you have a look at this book. It will certainly give you inspiration for your own goals.

The women in this book have all achieved their dreams and are to be applauded for their efforts. All worked hard to get to the level they desired, but some had to work harder than others when life put obstacles in their way. They're not all high flying professional women, their goals range from chef, to minister, to scientist to gold medallist. Do you have dreams? Get inspiration to achieve them from this book.

Smashwords Buy Link

Amazon Buy Link

Celebrate the Dreamer in You

Dream BIG! is the message in the Girls Succeed book. If you have a passion and love a subject, then pursue it and make it your goal to work hard toward a career in that field. Animals, technology, cooking, entertainment? 

Dolly Parton even wrote a song about dreaming big and celebrating that dream, Celebrate the Dreamer in You! Enjoy this lively song and go ahead and dream big for your life!

Time to Celebrate! Launch Day for Girls Succeed

We’re doin’ the happy dance today because this is Launch Day for the new interactive e-book, Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women!

This non-fiction e-book is filled with dreams and passion to inspire, entertain, and empower girls. Fifteen remarkable career women in a variety of occupations share their stories in these pages. Explore careers which include women who have discovered cures to stamp out disease, made people laugh, earned Olympic and Paralympic gold medals, and crossed the country in the cab of an 18 wheeler.

Meet the remarkable women in the pages of Girls Succeed!

In a sense today is the fulfillment of a dream I pursued since 2006 when I first envisioned a book about careers which would inspire girls to dream big and empower them to make that dream come true.

So let’s par-tay!! Peek around all the bouquets of bright flowers and you'll see lots of cyber goodies there on that round table in the corner—chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cake, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate as well as some salty favorites like chips and dip, veggies and dip, pizza! Mmmmmm….the punch bowl is in front of the swan ice sculpture on the table to your left. Enjoy the colorful lights and the music. Hey, let’s turn it up a little louder!

CONTEST: Join me on the book tour November 5-November 17 to learn more about the book and the remarkable women who grace the pages. Leave a comment here and on the stops along the tour to be eligible for the random drawing for prizes--$10. Amazon gift certificate, FREE copy of Girls Succeed ebook in your choice of format, “Succeed” beaded bracelet kit, and inspirational notepads and pens.

PRIZES

$10.00 Amazon Gift Certificate

FREE copy of the e-book in your choice of formats

Succeed bracelet kit to design your own

A huge thank you to the generous authors who are hosting this event:

NOV.
5 Barbara Ehrentreu

7 Pat McDermott

9 Marva Dasef

12 Conda Douglas

14 Lisa Haselton

15 I.B. Nosey 

16 Penny Estelle

18 Announce winners


If you would like to download a free sample of the e-book which includes the Table of Contents listing the careers, go to these links:

Amazon Link  
Smashwords Link 

Connect with J.Q. Rose online at:

Girls Succeed blog 
J.Q. Rose blog 
Author website 
J Q Rose Amazon Author Page 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Help yourself to some refreshments, leave a comment, and visit with us for awhile.

Introducing Girls Succeed!!

Today I am going to explain why I titled this blog Girls Succeed. I want to introduce you to the book of the same name, Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women.

From 2003-2006 I spent summers working at a girls summer resident camp in Michigan,  Camp Newaygo. I enjoyed meeting and interacting with the campers and the counselors. So many smart, energetic girls with such wonderful futures ahead of them. I wondered in this new world of more career opportunities for women what choices would girls make. What plans do they dream for their future?

In 2006 I began the process of interviewing successful women about their careers and how their lives led to their decisions. I gathered all the interviews and put them together so girls can discover information about careers.

It has taken me this long to get it all together and to decide to publish the book as an interactive e-book, the technology which completes my vision as a way to deliver an interesting, worthwhile experience for the readers. After each interview there are links and resources for learning more about the woman and her career. So when the reader is connected to the internet, she can click on links for more information.

It is my hope the profiles with these savvy women will inspire and empower the girls to dream big dreams and to work hard to make their dreams come true.

Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women will be released in October. Come back for more information as I step into this exciting new adventure in publishing. Grab your ticket and join me as I share this new beginning with you.

Mackenzie Woodring, Gold Medalist in Cycling

The Summer Paralympics are this week in London, England. Athletes from all over the world compete in 20 sports and 500 events. The games are held in London using the same venues as the Olympic Games 2012. The highly skilled athletes who compete in the paralympic games have physical disabilities.

Mackenzie Woodring, athlete

Team USA members Mackenzie Woodring and  Karissa Whitsell won gold, silver and bronze medals in cycling in the 2008 Paralympics held in Beijing, China. Mackenzie and Karissa raced a tandem bicycle which seats two riders. Mackenzie was the pilot on this team because Karissa is blind/visually impaired. This team combines their athletic skills into a powerful duo to race competitors from many countries.

Mackenzie joined the U.S. Paralympics team to partner with Karissa. Not only did they medal three times at the Paralympics, they set a world record in cycling.

Mackenzie Woodring
I told Mackenzie I'd have to edit out the porta-potties in the back ground for the book,
 but she exclaimed,
 "Porta-potties are very important to racers!" So I left them in for this post. 

At this elite level of competition, Mackenzie has to keep training year round.  It is difficult for her to put in the ten to twenty hours of training each week because she also has a full time job as an engineer.  Ninety percent of the women who race need to work at another job.  The prize money for winning is not enough to depend on for a living.

 You can learn more about Mackenzie Woodring and her career in bicycle racing in the interactive e-book Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women which will be released this fall. Check back regularly to the Girls Succeed blog to learn more about careers and remarkable women and for updates on the e-book.

For more information about Mackenzie and the Paralympics click on the sites below:

2012 London Paralympics Games

Paralympic Cycling

Mackenzie's Goals

Welcome to Girls Succeed!

Welcome! 

Come on in to the Girls Succeed Blog. 

This is the very first post so we are celebrating.

Let the party begin! I have delicious cheese cake, chocolate cake, marble cake, a huge bowl of fresh, colorful fruit, and all the soda pop (we call it pop in Michigan) you could ever dream of. Ice cream is at the end of the table. The punch bowl is over there in the corner. Help yourselves. 

I am thrilled you found us. On this blog we are going to share stories about wonderful women who were once upon a time, girls like you. We'll learn about their dreams and how they succeeded in making their dreams come true.

We'll also learn about their dream careers and explore areas of interest to you.

You are welcome to leave a comment with suggestions for careers you are interested in pursuing. Thank you for visiting today.

Did you ever think about being a musher? Yep, that's a dog sledder. The next post is about Jamie, the dog sledder. Check it out!