AAUW’s national office in Washington, D.C., is a piece of history — not for its architecture but for the amazing artifacts it houses, including a sculpture from gifted artist and 1940–41 AAUW International Fellow Marina Núñez del Prado, who passed away in 1995. She is considered one of the most successful Latin American artists, and [...]
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Meet Marina Núñez del Prado: Famed Bolivian Artist
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, art, Art Students League, Art Week, Ettl Studios, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, International Fellowship, Marina Núñez del Prado, Mother and Child on February 22, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Remembering Henrietta Lacks, the Woman behind HeLa Cells
Posted in Black History Month, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, Women's History, tagged AAUW, Black History Month, Black Women in American Culture and History, Fellowships and Grants, HeLa, Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal LIfe of Henrietta Lacks on February 16, 2012, | 3 Comments »
The theme for this year’s Black History Month is Black Women in American Culture and History, so this post will tell the story of a woman who went unknown for far too long. More than 60 years ago, in February 1951, a remarkable woman named Henrietta Lacks left the world a stunning legacy that may [...]
Cultivating Women Firefighters — Gals Only! Fire Science Camp
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Appleton, Community Action Grant, Fellowships and Grants, Fire Science Camp, Following the Fellows, Fox Valley Technical College, Gals Only!, GO!, Grants & Awards, Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin on February 15, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
According the Department of Labor, women ages 16 and older account for about 47 percent of the civilian workforce. However, paid female firefighters represent 3.7 percent of the civilian workforce, making it among the lowest 11 percent of all occupations for women employees. GO! (Gals Only!) Fire Science Camp, a 2009–11 AAUW Community Action Grant [...]
Meet Ada Ordor: Advancing Legal Education in Africa
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Ada Ordor, education, Exploring Civil Society Partnerships in Enforcing Decent Work in South Africa, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, International Fellowship, International Labor Organization, South Africa, University of Cape Town on February 1, 2012, | 1 Comment »
Stories about AAUW Fellowships and Grants alumnae come to my attention in unique ways —through Google searches, books in the office, word of mouth, and even chance encounters. In October 2011, an AAUW delegation traveled to South Africa, where participants engaged in AAUW’s rich tradition of opening opportunities for dialogue and action and building a [...]
AAUW Dialog Greatest Hits: January
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, education, Fellowships and Grants, Girl Scouts of America, Greatest Hits, Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, Tweet-up, Washington D.C. on January 30, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
As another record-shattering month for AAUW Dialog draws to a close, we would like to highlight some of January’s most popular posts: AAUW hosted a “tweet-up” with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Along with this post, you can also read the full transcript from the event. The Girl Scouts of America have drawn criticism for [...]
Following the Fellows of the 1950s
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's History, tagged AAUW, AAUW Educational Foundation, American Fellowship, education, Farrukh Z. Ahmad, Fellowships and Grants, Fellowships Edowment Fund, Following the Fellows, GI Bill, Hanna Holborn Gray, Inhi Ahn Min, International Fellowship, Joyce Brothers, Oxford University, Susan Sontag, University of Chicago, University of Colorado, women leaders on January 18, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
As part of our continuing series, we invite you once again to look back at the history of AAUW’s famous and influential fellows — this time, we’ll focus on the exciting work of alumnae in the 1950s. The signing of the GI Bill in 1944 transformed higher education for both men and women. But the [...]
Meet Mary Blair: Mentor and Biologist
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, American Journal of Primatology, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Mary Blair, science, Swarthmore College on January 11, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
After spending a semester meeting and interviewing former AAUW fellows and grantees, I have come to see AAUW awards as opportunities for recipients to develop themselves as women, mentors, and people who are hoping to share their knowledge. 2010–11 American Fellow Mary Blair is the perfect example. Fascinated with science as a child, Blair continued [...]
Martha Eleanor Church: College President and Lifelong Volunteer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Hood College, Martha Eleanor Church, National Geographic, Ringling Museum of Art, University of Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, Wellesley College on December 21, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Martha Eleanor Church, a 1959–60 American Fellow, is a woman who represents a commitment to scholarship. She earned her bachelor’s degree in geology and geography from Wellesley College as well as a master’s degree in economic geography and resource management from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. She [...]
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