February 2021 Newsletter – Black History Month
In 1976 President Gerald Ford declared February as Black History Month. It has been celebrated each year since.
In 1976 President Gerald Ford declared February as Black History Month. It has been celebrated each year since.
In last month’s ENewsletter we told you about Mary Church Terrell and Toni Morrison, who were among the six outstanding women inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in December.
The National Women’s Hall of Fame is having a special virtual induction ceremony in December 2020.
In this time of the COVID pandemic, cultural institutions are precluded from their normal activities. This includes opera, theater, the ballet and the symphony.
Two very significant business announcements occurred in September 2020: Citigroup announced that Jane Fraser will become its chief executive officer in February 2021 and Kathryn Farmer became the CEO of BNSF Railway.
Two scientific pioneers have died within recent months – physicist Betsy Ancker-Johnson and molecular biologist Flossie Wong-Staal. Both helped blaze the trail for the women in the sciences.