by Jill Tietjen | Nov 1, 2014 | In The News, Newsletters
Most of our readers know of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and its home in upstate New York. Do you also know hat a number of states (including our home state of Colorado) have a state Women’s Hall of fame? In this month’s enewsletter, we profile two women from our book who are also inductees into the Florida Women’s Hall of fame: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Althea Gibson.
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by Jill Tietjen | Oct 1, 2014 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
Each year on November 11, we celebrate Veteran’s Day to honor the men – and women – who served our country
during wartime. In this column, we focus on women veterans from the Revolutionary War forward.
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by Jill Tietjen | Oct 1, 2014 | In The News, Newsletters
In 2014, Sarah Deckert made history when she became the first female Armed Forces ‘Chef of the Year.’ In 2013, she had been named a 4 Star Military Executive Chef. Deckert follows in the trailblazing footsteps of women who regularized recipes – adding measurements – and brought French and Chinese cooking to America.
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by Jill Tietjen | Sep 1, 2014 | In The News, Newsletters
Mo’ne Davis made Little League history earlier in August of this year when she became the first female throw a shutout – giving away only two hits during the Little League World Series. Davis stands on the shoulders of pioneering women who blazed trails in the sport of baseball including Kathryn “Tubby” Jonson Massar (who played Little League in 1950 – leading to a ban on girls playing that was not lifted until 1972), Nancy Lotsey (who played in the New Jersey Small Fry League in 1963), and Edith Houghton (who scouted for the Philadelphia Phillies 1946-19510. 
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by Jill Tietjen | Aug 1, 2014 | In The News, Newsletters
Music is a significant contribution to the richness of our lives. In this months enewsletter, we feature some pioneers in the field of music.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jul 1, 2014 | In The News, Newsletters
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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