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May 17, 2006
WOMEN'S EXPLORERS GROUP PICKS MEDIAPOLIS NEW YORK, NY -- Wings WorldQuest, Inc., the organization dedicated to researching, promoting and celebrating the contributions of extraordinary women explorers, announced it has selected Mediapolis, inc., to engineer the expansion of its Web presence, WingsWorldQuest.org. The project features a largely expanded women explorers database and bibliography as well as online learning and research materials for educators and students alike. It will also feature enhanced coverage of Wings World Quest Flag Expeditions, which take place around the world in a variety of disciplines, and Wings WorldQuest Women of Discovery Award winners, who are selected each year. In 1993, Leila Hadley Luce and Milbry Polk founded Wings Trust, Inc. to preserve accomplishments of women explorers and help promote today's women's explorations in all fields of study. Since then, Wings has recognized and celebrated the achievements of extraordinary women. Their accomplishments opened doors to a myriad of social and physical sciences. Their vision and work set examples and standards to which all, women, men and children, may aspire. Wings WorldQuest, Inc. was created in 2003 to expand the mission of Wings Trust -- to identify, to research, to promote, and to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary women explorers, in all areas/fields of study, around the world, from all periods of history. Mediapolis (www.mediapolis.com ) creates technology that simplifies the production of high profile, high performance Web sites. Since 1994, Mediapolis has created custom software solutions to build more than 220 sites for clients including Sony Music, The New York Times, Johnson & Johnson and Volvo Cars.
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