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You Are Cordially Invited

Posted in 2011 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Several years ago, a friend gave a homily at church. The topic was invitations. As the 2011 AAUW National Convention approaches, his words remind me what invitations mean. They bring us to parties, showers, weddings, and even conferences and volunteer opportunities! An invitation that I received shortly after I retired led to an opportunity I [...]

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All Eyes on Madeleine Albright

Posted in Educational Programs, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 15, 2009, | 6 Comments »

“But grandma, I don’t get what the big deal is with you being Secretary of State — aren’t all women secretaries?” —Madeline Albright’s four-year-old granddaughter When I saw Madeleine Albright speak at the American Democracy Institute’s Pathways to Power Women’s Leadership Conference, she shared the above quote. It allowed me to reflect on our nation’s [...]

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Did You Know?

Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, Equity in the News, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 2, 2009, | 4 Comments »

Like almost a thousand other attendees at the 2009 AAUW National Convention held this past weekend in St. Louis, I watched the video Did You Know? as part of the opening Breaking through Barriers plenary. Take a second and watch it if you haven’t already; it gives a powerful portrayal of technology’s impact on the [...]

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Open Thread: Women’s History 365

Posted in Women's History Month, tagged , on March 31, 2009, | 2 Comments »

For the past several weeks we have shared stories of women who have and are still breaking through barriers in their chosen professions. As Women’s History Month comes to a close, it occurs to me that, although we have featured women we admire and recognize from engineers, to educators, to scientists, there are still thousands, [...]

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Yours, Mine, Ours — A Woman’s History

Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's History Month, tagged , , on March 2, 2009, | 1 Comment »

March is Women’s History Month. If you are young enough to think “Why make a separate month just for women in history?” well, let me tell you. It wasn’t that many years ago that most women didn’t get put in history books, no matter what they had achieved, created, invented, authored, painted, sculpted, or participated [...]

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Ahead Of Her Time

Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2008, | 1 Comment »

In continuation of my research on successful women from St. Louis leading up to the 2009 AAUW National Convention, I highlight the brave and talented Kate Chopin. This great female writer was not only a novelist when female writers were scarce, but one who wrote of a woman’s tale of self-discovery. In her novel, The [...]

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Who Were the First Women in Your Field?

Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , on November 20, 2008, | 3 Comments »

As AAUW prepares for its biennial convention, Breaking through Barriers, in St. Louis, Missouri, June 26–28, I have been reading about some Missouri women who broke through their own barriers in their chosen professions. With a little research, I have found out about outstanding accomplishments achieved by women who broke the traditional mold by to [...]

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Seneca Falls … Casino?

Posted in Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 19, 2008, | 1 Comment »

The last time I went Internet researching, I found what became the title of a blog (“Married but Looking”) when I entered “women’s rights” into a search engine. This time, I specifically wrote in “Seneca Falls” in preparation for honoring the anniversary of what many consider the founding of the women’s right movement — the [...]

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