February 2025 Newsletter – Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
In early January 2025, President Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 individuals.
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January 2025 Newsletter – Frances Perkins Honored with a National Monument
On December 16, 2024, President Biden established a national monument in Newcastle, Maine honoring Frances Perkins.
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December 2024 Newsletter – Focus on Newborns
In 1952 when Dr. Virginia Apgar developed her score to assess the health of newborns and determine what medical attention they required, most of the focus at a baby’s birth was on the mother.
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November 2024 Newsletter – Engineering Legends
The early women engineers in the U.S. had to deal with a good deal of prejudice. They faced discrimination, disbelief that they could be engineers, and other hardships.
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October 2024 Newsletter – Talk Show Hosts
The media has a tremendous influence on our lives; talk show hosts often become a member of the family. Two of the women profiled in Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America became influential and well known talk show hosts.
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