Women and Water – July 2014 Newsletter

Oceanographer Sylvia Earle told many fascinating stories when she served as one of the panelists at the April 2014 National Women’s Hall of Fame’s ‘Conversation with Great Women.’ Her life purpose parallels the life purpose of Ruth Patrick: to ensure that the water on the earth is in good health and good for humans. Dr. Earle’s focus has been the oceans while Ms. Patrick’s focus has been fresh water.

 

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Groundbreaking Women – June 2014 Newsletter

On May 7, 2014, a groundbreaking ceremony for the Center for Great Women was held by the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, the birthplace of women’s rights and the home of the Hall.  In honor of that groundbreaking, in this month’s enewsletter we feature two of the women who were discussed in a talk the night before the ceremony.  That talk highlighted a few of the groundbreaking women from our book Her Story:  A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America.  The two women we are pleased to feature are Frances Wisebart Jacobs and Saint Katharine Drexel. 

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