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Glamour Women of the Year Awards: Official Video Recap!

This is what we experienced just 24 hours ago at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall! She’s the First was in the house!! Tammy Tibbetts, President of She’s the First, was honored among 20 young women, and in the audience, we were proud to see some faces familiar to She’s the First: Devin Tomb, our Campaign Developer & an Editorial Assistant at Glamour; plus, She’s the First NYC fans, Sammy Davis (Soiree emcee!), Stephanie Mattera (GIRLS WHO ROCK volunteer), and Jess Strul. We all soaked up the inspiration you see wrapped up in this video — with some memorable quotes pulled out below.

“This honor tonight says to all of you that you can be what you want to be.” — President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

“It was once said of Eleanor Roosevelt, that it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” — Chelsea Clinton

“Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. No is just some [bleep] word that someone made up.” — Cher

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She's the First Honored at Glamour's Women of the Year Awards!

Tammy, far right, with some of the young honorees at Glamour's Women of the Year, Carnegie Hall, Nov. 8, 2010

Last night was a surreal moment for She’s the First, as we were honored at the 20th Anniversary of the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, among these magnificent honorees (including world icons such as Queen Rania and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; rockstars like Cher and Fergie; and the lesser known but biggest heroines of all, Dr. Hawa Abdi & her daughters from Somalia — more on them later).

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Glamour‘s epic awards, the magazine chose young women (average age of 20) who are pursuing their dreams to make the world a better place. Our President Tammy Tibbetts represented She’s the First at the Carnegie Hall awards show! Chelsea Clinton (!!) called each of our names and introduced our projects…it was a moment that the She’s the First leaders are incredibly humbled by, and we vow to work our tails off to be worthy of this recognition as we embark on our second year — and the next 20 years! Thank you, Glamour!

There will be a series of blog posts capturing the inspiring women of the evening, and to start off, we’d like to introduce you to the Glamour Women of Your Year, Readers’ Choice Winner, 17-year-old Kendall, a trailblazer who shows us you can’t let anything — health, age, busy schedule — stand in the way of making a difference and thinking globally.

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Join us at Glamour's Women of the Year Awards!

here's our invitation -- and the new issue of Glamour, featuring Taylor Swift, who we dream will one day join forces with She's the First!

She’s the First is so honored to be invited to Glamour‘s 20th Annual Women of the Year Awards in New York City on November 8th — just a week after our first birthday bash, the She’s the First Soiree! This feels like when Charlie got the golden ticket…except instead of the chocolate factory, we’re going to Carnegie Hall to hear inspiring speeches from women who are shaking up our world for the better.

We’re taking you along for the ride, because YOU are what makes She’s the First the force we are on Facebook and Twitter, a wave of change for girls worldwide. We want our RSVP to represent you all…so, will you be there with @shesthefirst? :)

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