by Amy Land | Jul 1, 2018 | In The News, Newsletters
During 2018, the United States Postal Service has selected two women to be featured on U.S.
postage stamps. These stamps have already been released; they feature Lena Horne and Sally
Ride. Let’s learn more about these amazing women!
For over seventy years, actress, singer and dancer Lena Horne excelled in her entertainment
career. In 1933, at age 16, she appeared in the chorus line of the Cotton Club in New York City.
She made her first records in the late 1930s and also appeared in a few low-budget movies. Her
movie debut was in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1942 movie Panama Hattie. In 1943 she performed
the title song to the movie Stormy Weather. Her career was thwarted as she was not cast in
leading roles because she was African American.
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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 Amy Land | Jun 1, 2018 | In The News, Newsletters
May 2018 was a month in which women achieved firsts in politics and government. Gina Haspel became the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency, after her confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Stacey Abrams became the first African-American woman to win a major party nomination for Governor, when the Democrats in Georgia put her on their slate. Their accomplishments are significant; we cannot forget that the groundwork was laid by many other earlier women, including two profiled in this month’s enewsletter: Jeannette Rankin and Sandra Day O’Connor. Both Rankin and O’Connor have been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
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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 Amy Land | May 1, 2018 | In The News, Newsletters
Public education as we know it in the United States was not available prior to the middle of the 1800s. Women led education reform in many areas including in the establishment of Sunday Schools. In this month’s enewsletter we feature two Sunday School Pioneers: Catherine Ferguson and Rebecca Gratz.
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