It was 1973. The women’s movement had effectively coalesced, the Watergate hearings had everyone glued to the TV, the war in Vietnam was over, and I was a stay-at-home mom with two children. I craved to speak a sentence with more than three words, including a compound-complex clause. I craved to have someone with whom I [...]
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Vintage Cupcakes
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, tagged Convention, cupcake project, cupcakes, date pudding, Grand Island, NE, ShopAAUW on June 23, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Each week, AAUW holds a meeting to discuss upcoming blog topics for AAUW Dialog. In preparation for AAUW’s upcoming national convention, someone suggested writing about AAUW history, so I decided to test out one piece of AAUW history in particular. Jackie Littleton, a member of the AAUW Board of Directors, found a cookbook complied by [...]
Follow Me to Convention
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, tagged 2009 AAUW National Convention, blog, Convention, facebook, Twitter on June 22, 2009, | 2 Comments »
This Friday, June 26, begins AAUW’s biennial convention in St. Louis and marks my second time attending the event. As a Missouri native, I know that it can be scorching outside in St. Louis in the summer and fear the effects of the “humugity” on my hair. But I also know that the inside of [...]
Tina!
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, tagged Convention, I Want to Take You Higher, Ike and Tina, Private Dancer, St. Louis, Steamy Window, Tina Turner on February 3, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
As I continue my research on successful women from St. Louis, leading up to our 2009 AAUW National Convention, I applaud one of the greatest rock and roll artists of all time ─ the legendary Tina Turner. As many people know, Tina Turner, a.k.a. the Queen of Rock and Roll, has been renowned for years [...]
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