She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World
had good labor practices Like an experienced entrepreneur Megan invested her time and savings into a venture that she not only felt passionate about but also sensed would succeed Megan's Kickstarter campaign to raise funds far exceeded her 25 000 goal More than 1 000 donors many of them young girls and parents enthusiasti cally offered financial support From the design of the Yellowberry bras to the style of promotional photos and the voice of the advertising Megan's philosophy shone through This company is my effort to help other girls who feel the same way I do that our soci ety pressures us to look and dress a certain way at a very young age Mary Margaret should feel confi dent in whatever she wears not that she is lesser than her peers if she looks different than a god desslike model 10 years her elder expressed Megan on her website As intended Megan had created simple age appropriate and comfortable apparel for girls Her girl friendly alternative to the supersexualized fash ion world that targets adolescent girls attracted the attention of the media Across the United States and from Australia to the United Kingdom news outlets reported on Yellowberry using phrases like feminist approach training bra for the 21st century and bra revolution The public clearly understood and embraced Megan's mission She was the right person at the right time to shift the status quo Her mom who doubted Megan at first recalled She came to
me and said I want to change the bra industry I thought Are you crazy What about the big box stores Victoria's Secret and all that Everybody’s so powerful and here's this little girl During her senior year at high school Megan was not only a champion for little sister Mary Margaret and other girls but a champion skier as well In March 2014 the Jackson Hole High School ski team won the Wyoming state championship Megan won first place in two races skiing faster than any male or female racer As a student at Middlebury College in Vermont and head of a dynamic new fashion com pany in partnership with her mother Megan entered her young adult years with a sense of purpose and accomplishment On the day that Megan committed to creating a new type of bra she felt what so many girls and par ents felt Megan was fed up with sexualized fashions and fashion ads Like other activists Megan had been spurred on by a need to make a change in her world I didn't care how many adults chuckled at my idea and brushed me away with the wave of a wrist wrote Megan on her company’s website Many of them were very successful entrepreneurs who couldn't see that I had more than just an idea I was told to have fun and enjoy high school to stop wor rying about changing the bra industry But I am most inspired and motivated to do something when some one tells me that I can't With such a can do attitude it is no wonder
Megan found herself included on Time magazine's list of the 25 Most Influential Teens of
