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Legos allow you to build pretty much anything, and now the Danish company that invented the toy is trying to build something else — support for females in technology fields. (Via Getty Images) ...

ENFIELD, Conn. -- Lego has unveiled a set of figures celebrating the women of NASA. The 231-piece set features Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, and Mae Jemison, the first black woman ...

Photo/LEGO The words of a 7-year-old just might have been the final push needed to make a set of female scientist LEGOs a reality. In January, a letter to the company by a little girl named Charlotte ...

LEGO released a brand new female scientist mini-figure on Sept. 1 as part of its Minifigure Series 11. The new female scientist is being hailed for debunking female toy stereotypes. "Let us hope that ...