Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, which is observed on March 8 each year to honor and celebrate the economic, political, and social achievements of women. But at AAUW, every day is International Women’s Day! AAUW states and branches hold weekly events in their local communities that focus on the empowerment of women and girls, including [...]
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Making Every Day International Women’s Day
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Côte d’Ivoire, China, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, India, International Women's Day 2012, Nigeria, Washington D.C. on March 7, 2012, | 2 Comments »
AAUW Coretta Scott King Fellows: Scholars and Women of Action
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, coretta scott king, Coretta Scott King Fellows, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Lisbeth Gant-Britton, Nell Irvin Painter, Portia K. Maultsby, Redenia C. Gilliam-Moose, Rutgers University, The History of White People, women's rights on February 29, 2012, | 1 Comment »
The 1960s were a decade of profound change and hope in the development of equality for African Americans, and Coretta Scott King was a powerful and influential advocate for the rights of African American women. In a Solidarity Day Speech in 1968, she called for women to “unite and form a solid block of women [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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, | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
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 science, AAUW, education, American Fellowship, Following the Fellows, Fellowships and Grants, Mary Blair, Swarthmore College, American Journal of Primatology, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation 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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