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 ‘Memorial Day’
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 »
Memorial Day: More than Picnics and Parades
Posted in Women and Work, tagged African American Civil War, and Arlington National Cemetery, and Women in Vietnam Memorial, Day of Remembrance, Iwo Jima, Korean War Veterans, Last Monday in May, May 30, Memorial Day, military, Parades, United States Air Force Memorial, United States Navy Memorial, Vietnam Veterans memorials, World War II on May 22, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Memorial Day signals the arrival of summer. Swimming pools open, you can officially wear white (is my age showing?), gas prices rise, and the weekend barbeques begin. In school we learned that Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service to our country. Memorial Day [...]
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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