Lindsay Hyde (born 1982) is the

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and

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of Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc. (SWSG), a

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-based not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk girls in grades 3-5 build positive self-esteem and skills. Hyde is a 2004 graduate of

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, where she was a resident of

Dunster House Dunster House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. Built in 1930, it is one of the first two dormitories at Harvard University constructed under President Abbott Lawrence Lowell's House Plan and one of the sev ...

. She was named one of Glamour Magazine's "Top Ten College Women" in 2003

. She was named one of 2004s 10 'Outstanding Women" by the YWCA of Cambridge

. She was awarded the Seventeen Magazine National Youth Volunteerism Awar

She also received the National Grand Prize Re-Act Take Action Award

. In June 2006, she received the ''Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under''

. In past years, the award has recognized individuals such as

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Sally Ride Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts ...

, Steven Jobs,

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and Peyton Manning.

References

"Strong Women, Strong Girls" Website''The Boston Globe'': "Girl Authority"Lindsay Hyde on "Transforming Inspiration into Action"
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20040916075234/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/0212/19-strongwomen.html Harvard Gazette: Lindsay Hyde '04 nurtures Strong Women, Strong Girlsbr>Mosaic 2006. Includes summary of presentation by Hyde, "I Wanna be a Super (Role) Model: Women and Mentorship"Jefferson Awards
1982 births Living people American activists Harvard University alumni People from Miami {{Activist-stub