Lindsay Hyde is the founder

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 and President

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 of Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc.

Strong women strong girls

-Summary:Strong Women, Strong Girls is a mentoring organization for girls in grades 3-5 and with the goal of helping them to develop skills for life-long success ....

 (SWSG), a Massachusetts

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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

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, where she was a resident of Dunster House

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. She was named one of Glamour Magazine's "Top Ten College Women" in 2003 (http://www.pbha.org/resources/newsletter6.pdf). She was named one of 2004s 10 'Outstanding Women" by the YWCA of Cambridge (http://www.swsg.org/2004news.html).

She was awarded the Seventeen Magazine National Youth Volunteerism Award.http://www.swsg.org/documents/SWSG%20in%20Seventeen%20Magazine.pdf She also received the National Grand Prize Re-Act Take Action Award (http://www.servenet.org/test/scj/cont/dsp_cont_item_article.cfm?actionType=view&contentId=2317&&timeStamp=03-Feb-0611:32:15). In June 2006, she received the Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under (http://www.aips.org/past_winners/index.html). In past years, the award has recognized individuals such as Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

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, Faith Hill

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, Sally Ride

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, Steven Jobs, Max Cleland

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 and Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning

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