by Jill Tietjen | Nov 1, 2013 | In The News, Newsletters
The recent announcement that Janet Yellen is President Obama’s choice to chair the Federal Reserve Bank means that, once approved, she will be the first woman ever to hold that position. We have often used the phrase “we stand on their shoulders” as we discuss the women who have come before us and who have done so much. In this instance as well, other women laid the groundwork in the financial industry that enabled Yellen’s appointment. For this month’s enewsletter, we feature two of those pioneers: Sylvia Porter and Muriel Siebert.
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by Jill Tietjen | Oct 1, 2013 | In The News, Newsletters
The average life expectancy in 1900 was 45 years of age. By 2000, that number had risen to 78. A significant factor in that increase in average life expectancy was a decrease in infant mortality. Two physicians whose efforts were key are profiled in this month’s enewsletter: Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig and Dr. Virginia Apgar.
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by Jill Tietjen | Oct 1, 2013 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
AH – fashion choices – what a quandary! Short skirts, knee -length skirts, spanx, camisoles, scarfs, sleeveless, with sleeves, jackets, no jacket, flats, pumps, 4-inch heels and more! Women in the 21st century have the luxury of dealing with all of these fashion decisions. for many years, fashion was much more proscribed and, for middle -class and upper-class women, included the dreaded corsets! For this issue we discuss some the the significant milestones and contributors to the evolution of women’s clothing and clothing design from the middle 1800s through the end of the 20th century.
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by Jill Tietjen | Sep 1, 2013 | In The News, Newsletters
One of our goals, always, with Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America was that every woman could find “someone like me” in the book. During one of our speaking engagements (at the Kansas City Public Library), one little girl (about 10 years old) asked if there were any swimmers in the book. Another little girl (about the same age) asked if there were any soccer players. They were both looking for girls (women) like them. And, of course, the answer was yes. For we well recognize the important of sports for women, especially in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This month, we profile swimmer Gertrude Ederle and soccer player Mia Hamm.
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by Jill Tietjen | Aug 1, 2013 | In The News, Newsletters
The arts – music, visual arts, and dance – have been part of human culture for centuries. Women have made significant contributions in each of these areas. In this month’s enewsletter, we highlight three potters – Nampeyo, Maria Montoya Martinez, and Ruth Duckworth.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jul 1, 2013 | In The News, Newsletters
As we celebrate the Fourth of July and the birth of our country, we pause to remember some of the women who fought to secure our independence. What women did at this time was not matter-of-fact, comfortable for most people or even “accepted.” Even today, our military is still not fully comfortable with American women in combat on the front lines of wars in which we still engage. In the War against England(the Revolutionary War), some women fought disguised as men. Others fought beside their husbands. Others assumed their husbands’ positions after their deaths in the fighting. In this edition of our newsletter, we profile Margaret Corbin, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, and Deborah Sampson.
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