Runners and Athletes – May 2016 Newsletter

On May 7, 2016, the inaugural Women’s Right to Run 19K will be held in Seneca Falls, New York, the birthplace of women’s rights (where the first women’s rights convention was held in 1848).  The unusual distance of 19k was selected to acknowledge the importance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that enfranchised women.  Joan Beloit Samuelson and Jackie Joyner-Kersee are featured.May 2016 ENewsletter as published corrected_Page_1

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Nuclear Physicists – April 2016 Newsletter

April 2016 ENewsletter as published corrected_Page_1In the twenty-first century, we often hear how important it is for our country’s youth, and young women in particular, to study and pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Two women who pursued important scientific careers – as nuclear physicists – did so well before it was popular or of national interest.  Read about the significant contributions of Maria Goeppert-Mayer and Chien-Shiung Wu.

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