by Jill Tietjen | Aug 1, 2018 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
In May of 2018, the United States Postal Service issued a Forever postage stamp featuring Sally Ride. Earlier in 2018, a Forever postage stamp had been issued featuring Lena Horne.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jul 1, 2018 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
Isn’t it amazing that we are still experiencing women’s first across many areas of business and government? In May 2018, those first were everywhere.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jun 1, 2018 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
How ironic that there was a mystery about the author of the beloved mysteries that many of us read when we were young. Recently, we learned more about Carolyn Keene, the “author” of the Nancy Drew mystery series.
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by Jill Tietjen | May 1, 2018 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
At the time of the landing at Jamestown, the arrival of the Pilgrims, through the Revolutionary War and into the 1800s, public education as we know it today in the United States did not exist. Although institutions of high education such as Harvard University were founded as early as 1636, these institutions did not admit women.
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by Jill Tietjen | Apr 1, 2018 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
The movie A Wrinkle in Time, adapted from Madeline L’Engle’s Newbery Medal award-winning book, started playing in theaters in March 2018. Awarded annually, the Newbery Medal is presented to the author of what is considered to be that year’s most distinguished contribution to American literature written for children.
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