by Jill Tietjen | Mar 1, 2017 | In The News, Newsletters
In early February, the National Women’s Hall of Fame announced the ten 2017 Inductees. In this month’s ENewsletter, we profile two of the women who will be officially inducted in September 2017 in Seneca Falls, New York: Lorraine Hansberry and Temple Grandin.
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by Jill Tietjen | Feb 1, 2017 | In The News, Newsletters
The recent passing of British journalist Clare Hollingworth, who reported the outbreak of World War II, reminds us that women have played key roles in reporting news. Although the role of newspapers is diminishing today, for a long time people got their information from the iconic newspaper. Women’s participation was important and effective. In this ENewsletter, we learn about two historical women journalists: Ida B. Wells-Barnett (commonly called Ida B. Wells) and Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran Seaman).
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by Jill Tietjen | Jan 1, 2017 | In The News, Newsletters
The publication of The Glass Universe and the release of the movie, Hidden Figures, as well as the recent death of astronomer Vera Rubin reminds us to share the stories of three historical women astronomers. In this ENewsletter, we learn about Maria Mitchell, Williamina Fleming and Vera Rubin.
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by Jill Tietjen | Dec 1, 2016 | In The News, Newsletters
Fascination with space travel has intrigued generations, probably for millennia. More recently, every rocket launch
and NASA mission has inspired awe. Many of us are still enthralled by science fiction movies including the Star Wars and Star Trek episodes. Let’s learn about some real American women astronauts: Mae Jemison and Ellen Ochoa. We selected these two women to profile; there have been other women astronauts with whom you may be familiar.
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by Jill Tietjen | Nov 1, 2016 | In The News, Newsletters
As many of us make our health insurance decisions for 2017, we decided to profile women physicians in this Enewsletter, specifically Antonia Novello and Susan Love.
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