10 Tweets That Perfectly Capture Why Women Deserve to Be Proud

10 Tweets That Perfectly Capture Why Women Deserve to Be Proud Women have infinite reasons to be proud. For starters, around57 percent of the U.S. workforce is female, and 70 percent ofwomen in the workforce also have childrenunder 18 at home, as well. Even before women started entering the workforce in droves,theyvealways worked playing valuable roles in the pre-industrial market economy bylaboring on family farms, for example. Some of historys most powerful influencers are women Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Cleopatra and Joan of Arc, for examples, are just a fewwho have earnedinternationalrecognition and respectfor how theyve governed and inspired people.And todays women have evermore reasons to be proud. Just in the last year, women have made huge strides. Peggy Whitson the first woman to command the International Space Station broke the U.S. record for the most cumulative days spent in orbit. A royal decree lifted the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia.The voices of wor kplacesexual harassmentvictims across the U.S. were finally heard via massive global campaigns like MeToo and TimesUp. And studies show that women have moved into moreleadershiproles across all industries, including the male-dominatedSilicon Valleywith companies as big asPayPal.But, yet, women are socialized toreject pride. Women are told that their successes are to be expected (though not necessarily rewarded), and they are seldomtouted for their efforts behind those successes. If they do express pride, theyre all too often perceived as full of themselves. Thats why Im super excited about the ImProudofMyselfBecause hashtag currently trending on Twitter. Women everywhere are publicizing the many reasons theyre proud of themselves, and its hugely inspiring.Here are some of the most awesome reasons to feel proud to inspire you to feel pride, too.1. For Fighting BackSource Twitter2. For Recovering from StrugglesSource Twitter3. For Being SupportiveSource Twitter4. For Achieving GoalsSo urce Twitter5. For Adulting Without HelpSource Twitter6. For Getting Things DoneSource Twitter7. For Dreaming BigSource Twitter8. For Raising Inspiring KidsSource Twitter9. For Beating IllnessesSource Twitter10. For Being an ActivistSource Twitter--AnnaMarie Houlis is a multimedia journalist and an adventure aficionado with a keen cultural curiosity and an affinity for solotravel. Shes an editor by day and a travel blogger at HerReport.org by night.