Later this week, nearly 500 college women student leaders will descend on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park, to attend the 25th annual National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. The highlight of the conference is the Women of Distinction Awards, where five outstanding women will be honored for their work. Today, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Armed Forces’
Marie Tillman and Memorial Day
Posted in NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Armed Forces, Memorial Day, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NFL, Pat Tillman, Pat Tillman Legacy Summit, Tillman Military Scholars, Women of Distinction on May 31, 2010, | 3 Comments »
Honoring Women in the Military
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Work, Women's History Month, tagged Armed Forces, Army, STEM, Veteran, Women's History Month, workforce development on March 25, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I was privileged to participate in the Inaugural Army Women in Transition Symposium, held on Capitol Hill in the Rayburn House Office Building. I was asked to be a panelist on the “Workforce Development and the Transitioning Army Woman Soldier” panel. The other panels were “Role of Women in the Army and Its Evolution” [...]
Army Wives
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Armed Forces, Army Wives, Brigadier General Evelyn "Pat" Foote, GI Bill, military, NCCWSL, women in the military on August 4, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Someone told me this show was worth watching at least once, given my Army background. My mother and grandmother were military wives, and I was definitely an “Army brat.” As I watched Army Wives last week, I couldn’t help thinking about the changing roles of women in the military, whether those serving or those who [...]
Remembering Women Soldiers
Posted in Women and Work, tagged Armed Forces, GI Bill, Memorial Day on May 25, 2008, | 3 Comments »
Women have served, and died, in the U.S. armed forces since the Revolutionary War. While there isn’t much documented history, the bodies of two women soldiers were found at the battle of Gettysburg. Ellen May Tower was the first woman to die in service to this country on foreign soil. An Army nurse, Tower died [...]
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