Lindsay Hyde founded Strong Women, Strong Girls during her freshman year of college as a program of the Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University. The mission of Strong Women, Strong Girls is to utilize the lessons learned from strong women throughout history to encourage girls and young women to become strong women themselves. Currently, Strong Women, Strong Girls engages over 400 at-risk girls annually and places them in mentoring relationships with over 100 college undergraduate women who serve as volunteer mentors. Based on the success of the program, in 2007 Strong Women, Strong Girls was recognized as one of only four Social Innovators by the Root Cause Institute/Social Innovation Forum. Lindsay graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University in 2004 with a joint degree in Sociology and the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Lindsay's leadership of Strong Women, Strong Girls has been recognized in The Boston Globe, Seventeen Magazine, and Glamour Magazine. Most recently, Lindsay was honored with a Jefferson Award for the Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 years or Younger, joining the likes of such boldfaced names as Lance Armstrong and Faith Hill.
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