National Women’s Hall of Fame – 2011 Inductees – June 2011 Newsletter

In 1848, the first Women’s Rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. After two days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments, based on its more famous sister, The Declaration of Independence, but with words that were probably considered heresy at the time “that all men and women are created equal”.

 

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Mothers – Kalon Women May 2011

The U.S. Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 770), has designated the second Sunday in Kalon Women Column - Mothers May 2011_Page_1May each year as “Mother’s Day” and requested the President to call for its appropriate observance.  In this month’s column we profile some women who epitomize that “necessity is the mother of invention.”

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