by Jill Tietjen | Feb 1, 2012 | In The News, Newsletters
During February of each year, we celebrate Black History Month. We also celebrate the special holiday of Valentine’s Day, when we honor the people we love. Some writers have characterized “music” as love in search of a word. Linking music with Black History month in this month’s enewsletter, we feature African-American women in the music field – singer Ella Fitzgerald, composer Florence Beatrice Smith Price, and pianist Hazel Harrison.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jan 2, 2012 | In The News, Newsletters
Although we haven’t had a woman president in the U.S. yet, women have served as members of the Cabinet since Frances Perkins was appointed Secretary of Labor in 1933. As we head into the presidential election year of 2012, we are pleased to profile four of these pioneering women.
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by Jill Tietjen | Jan 1, 2012 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
Do you know that the Greek goddess Athena took the name of ‘Mentor’ when she provided guidance thousands of years ago? Today, you don’t need to be a goddess in order to be a mentor! In fact, the dictionary defines a mentor as a wise and trusted counselor or teacher. The person with whom a mentor works – the protege or mentee – is someone who is looking to gain additional skills or knowledge. The mentee recognizes that a person with experience can help her achieve that goal. It may not surprise you to find out that mentoring has played a significant role for women who were looking to gain new expertise and understanding. In this month’s column, we highlight mentors Maria Mitchell, Florence Bascom, Ruth Fulton Benedict, and Ruth St. Denis.
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by Jill Tietjen | Dec 1, 2011 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
This time of year often provides us the opportunity to visit and break bread wth family and friends. The smell of turkey roasting! The aroma of the pies! What memories it brings back for many of us! This month we profile some of the women who have made possible those wonderful memories of safe and delicious food: Fannie Farmer, Mary Engle Pennington, Julia Child, Joyce Chen, and Alice Waters. 
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by Jill Tietjen | Dec 1, 2011 | In The News, Newsletters
Native American women have left an important legacy of being strong leaders. When writing our book, we strived to find evidence of the early Native American women, to tell their stories. Sadly, many of their names have been lost to history; much of early Native American culture was an oral tradition. In this edition of our newsletter, we are proud to profile Nancy Ward, Sarah Winnemucca, Annie Dodge Wauneka, and Wilma Mankiller. These leaders literally fought in battle, fought for the rights of their people, and worked to make lives better for all.
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by Jill Tietjen | Nov 1, 2011 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
A study done by the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the New England Journal of Medicine found 
that being overweight and obese was the single most important risk factor that predicated who would develop type 2 diabetes. In this column, we profile Ellen Swallow Richards, an early advocate of a healthy lifestyle for women, Jenny Craig, who co-founded the weight loss and nutritional food company that bears her name, and Bernadine Healy, a cardiologist and the first woman to lead the National Institutes of Health.
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