As all of us around the world focus on keeping ourselves healthy and not overwhelming the healthcare system, we remember two women whose pioneering efforts helped in earlier health crises: Gladys Dick and Florence Seibert.
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Simone Biles, who will be competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, is the most decorated athlete in the history of gymnastics’ world championships.
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A recent article on Dorothea Lange with her signature photo of “Migrant Mother” prompted us to write this month’s enewsletter on two women photographers: Frances Benjamin Johnston and Dorothea Lange.
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As in every other field of endeavor, television also has its women pioneers. Characters on television, particularly women characters, evolved as society evolved.
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Would you consider composing music to be a traditionally men’s field? Surprisingly, over the centuries it has been difficult for women to succeed in this male-dominated field. Not that women didn’t have the ability or passion for this endeavor. This month we feature two dedicated women composers: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach and Florence Beatrice Smith Price.
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Two feature films and one documentary released in 2019 have featured women who are among those profiled in our book. The film titles are Judy, Harriet and Miss America By Day, whose subjects are Judy Garland, Harriet Tubman and Marilyn Van Derbur Atler, respectively. Let’s learn a little about each of these outstanding women.
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and lived in Philadelphia. Prior to the Civil War, she is estimated to have gone back to Maryland nineteen times and rescued 300 people from slavery.