Early Inventors – Women in History Kalon Magazine January 2022
We have written about women inventors before but there are always new ones whose stories we would like to share. In this month's column, enjoy reading about women some of whose inventions we use every day. Click here to read the column.
Social Reform Advocates – Women in History Kalon Women December 2021
Women have been at the forefront of many social reform movements during the history of our country. The movements to which we are referring include civil rights, suffrage, the elimination of child labor, disability rights, assistance to survivors of sexual assault,...
Women Anthropologists in History – Kalon Women November 2021
Anthropologists study human relationships, the norms and values of societies, languages, human economic behavior, the biological development of humans, and the impacts of disease on humans and society over time. Click here to read the column.
Women Contribute to the Country’s Infrastructure – Kalon Women October 2021
The U.S. Congress has spent much of 2021 working on a bill to fund improvements and repairs to our country's infrastructure - the underpinning of our standard of living and quality of life. Click here to read the column.
Women on Quarters – Kalon Women September 2021
With the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of the Treasury to design and issue coins in each of the years 2022 through 2025 that feature accomplished U.S. women. Click here to read the article.
Summer Olympic Athletes in History – Kalon Women August 2021
By the time this column is published, the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics should have been held in Tokyo, Japan. Click here to read the article.
Women in History – Female Sculptors – Kalon Women July 2021
Did you know that a woman was the youngest artist to ever get a commission for a statue from the U.S. Government? Although women sculptors with professional careers were rare until recently in our country's history, that doesn't mean they were non-existent. Click here...
Women Instrumentalists in History – Kalon Women June 2021
Music and the arts have suffered tremendously during the current pandemic. Yet they are so important to our life and culture. In this month's column, we feature women instrumentalists who paved the way for all of us. Click here to read the column.
Tribal Women Leaders in History – Kalon Women May 2021
In 2021, Deb Haaland, of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexcio, became the first Native American Secretary of the Interior. Click here to read the article.
Women on U.S. Postage Stamps – Kalon Women April 2021
Nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu is featured on a 2021 postage stamp. Click here to read article.
Presidential Cabinet Firsts – Kalon Women March 2021
Janet Yellen became the first female Secretary of the Treasury upon her confirmation in January 2021, as part of the Biden administration. Click here to read the article.
Black History Month – Kalon Women February 2021
The roots of a Black History Month celebration were planted in the 1920s and in 1976, President Gerald Ford designated February as Black or African American History Month. To celebrate, we profile several outstanding Black women. Read the article here.
2020 National Women’s Hall of Fame Inductees – Kalon Women January 2021
In December 2020, the National Women's Hall of Fame held a virtual induction ceremony honoring six amazing women, posthumously. Click here to read the article.
Opera Singers in History – Kalon Women December 2020
All of us certainly miss the many cultural institutions that are not operating in their normal manner during the pandemic. These include theater, opera, the ballet and the symphony. Read the article here.
Women CEOs in History – Kalon Women November 2020
During September 2020, two significant announcements occurred in the business world. Citigroup announced that Jane Fraser would become its CEO in February 2021. She is the first woman to lead a major financial institution in the U.S. Click here to read the article.
Female Physicists in History – Kalon Women October 2020
To much of the American public physics is a mystery, but not to the women we are profiling this month. Click here to read article.
The History of Female Governors – Kalon Women September 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, governors are the focus of much attention across the U.S. One of them, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, is the first Democratic Latina governor in the country. Read the article.
Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage – Kalon Women August 2020
August 26 is known as "Equality Day." That is because on August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified giving women the right to vote. Click here to read the article.
Women Justices and Judges in History – Kalon Women July 2020
The United States Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of holding virtual hearings during 2020 due to the pandemic. Justice Ginsburg even participated remotely from her hospital bed! Read the column here.
A Tribute to the Strong Women of Oklahoma – Kalon Women June 2020
Some of the economic issues that are resulting from the pandemic of 2020 evoke images from the Great Depression and the drought of that same time. The combination that resulted in Oklahoma led to it being referred to as the "Dust Bowl." We thought a tribute to the...
Healthcare Heroines – Kalon Women Column May 2020
As the world confronts the coronavirus, we wanted to tell you the stories of women who helped fight earlier health scourges. These healthcare heroines include Alice Evans, Gladys Dick, Louise Pearce, and Florence Seibert. Click here to read the article.
Civil Rights Activists in History – Kalon Women column April 2020
We learned recently about the woman whose heroic action laid the groundwork for Rosa Parks more well-known experiences. Her name is Irene Morgan and in 1944, she boarded a Greyhound bus in Gloucester County, Virginia. Click here to read the article
Women Still Pioneering! – Kalon Women column March 2020
Recent news has brought to our attention women who are continuing to be first in their field of interest. They continue to make "Her Story." Click here to read the column.
Women in History: Television – Kalon Women column February 2020
It is rewarding to acknowledge that women paved the way for television as we know it today! In addition to being in front of the camera as actresses, they ran production studios, innovated with new types of programming, and set the stage for the television industry....
Women Composers in History – Kalon Women column January 2020
Perhaps it will not surprise you if we add composing music to the list of traditionally male-dominated fields. The women composers whom we know through history persevered against tremendous odds and discrimination, in order to actually compose and then have their...
Biographical Movies about Women – Kalon Women column December 2019
Two feature films have been released in recent months telling the stories of the lives of historical women - Judy and Harriet - about Judy Garland and Harriet Tubman, respectively. In addition, a documentary has qualified for Oscar consideration of another historical...
Women Whose Books Became Movies – Kalon Women column November 2019
Sometimes we'll read a book or hear a story and think: "This ought to be made into a movie." There are quite a number of women authors whose books have been made into movies - movies that we know and love! Click here to read the column.
Female Dancers and Choreographers in History – Kalon Women column October 2019
Women participate in every area of society, including in the arts and culture. Women ballerinas are a key component of the art form. In addition, women have laid the foundation for, developed and innovated in the art form of modern dance. Click here to read the...
Women Newspaper Publishers and Editors in History – Kalon Women column September 2019
The newspaper business has welcomed women for many years; women have had much success as both publishers and editors (leadership positions) since the time of the American Revolution. For example, a woman was the first to publish the Declaration of Independence with...
Civil War Women – Kalon Women in History Series – Kalon Women column August 2019
The Civil War affected everyone, both in the North and in the South in the U.S. We are reminded of this time in our country's history as we follow the recent events in Washington, D.C. at the Treasury Department. Click here to read this column.
Women Architects in History – Kalon Women column July 2019
Women contribute in every field of endeavor - including as architects. Their contributions have been recognized for more than 100 years in this profession. Click here to read this column.
Women Nobel Laureates in History – Kalon Women column June 2019
We wrote about some of the women who were Nobel Laureates a few years ago but there are others! Here is a recap about these famous international awards. Click here to read the column.
Women Contribute to Our Arts and Culture in Many Ways – Kalon Women Column May 2019
As we are all aware, women contribute to our arts and culture in many ways. As visual artists, they have enhanced books, painted portraits of people and landscapes, and developed abstract art forms. Click here to read the column.
Oscar Milestones – Kalon Women column April 2019
Many of us recently spent an evening enjoying the 2019 - 91st Oscars. It may seem surprising that significant firsts for women are still occurring - but they are! Click here to read the column.
What We Wouldn’t Have Without Women – Kalon Women column March 2019
The statement of a friend triggered the thought - what wouldn't we have without women? We wouldn't have iPhones, United Way, tuberculosis tests, the drug to effectively treat childhood leukemia, the Apgar score, fruits and vegetables from California, Kevlar,...
Women Poets and Lyricists in History – Kalon Women column February 2019
Over the course of our lives, we learn poems, songs, and hymns without thinking about the authorship or wondering about which ones were written by women. Mary Had a Little Lamb, Over the River and Through the Wood, Battle Hymn of the Republic, America the Beautiful,...
It’s a New Year – Celebrating New Ideas through History – Kalon Women column January 2019
With the start of each new year, many of us make resolutions whereby we vow to change our behavior and start new patterns. What a great time of year to celebrate some of the women throughout American history who have come up with new ideas to improve our quality of...
Women Motor and Horse Racing Athletes in History – Kalon Women column December 2018
The chairwoman of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for almost thirty years, Mari Hulman George died in November 2018 at age 83. George is credited as a pioneer who owned a race team in the 1950s and 1960s and oversaw a period of significant growth and change during her...
Social Reformers – Women in History – Kalon Women column November 2018
Women are often on the front lines of social change. Over the last two hundred years or more of U.S. history, women have worked for abolition, women's rights, civil rights, human rights, and many other causes. Click here to read the column.
Celebrating Women Singers in History – Kalon Women column October 2018
As we mourn the recent death of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, we take the opportunity to acknowledge and remember several women singers who defined music genres and paved the way for the many other women who followed in their footsteps. Click here to read the...
Women and Food – What a Delicious History! – Kalon Women column September 2018
Mmmmm! Food! As women, we are generally connected with all aspects of food preparation. In our work, we are continuing to discover additional historical women in every field. Click here to read the column.
Women on U.S. Postage Stamps – Kalon Women column August 2018
In May of 2018, the United States Postal Service issued a Forever postage stamp featuring Sally Ride. Earlier in 2018, a Forever postage stamp had been issued featuring Lena Horne. Click here to read the column.
Women in History: Political Firsts – Kalon Women column July 2018
Isn't it amazing that we are still experiencing women's first across many areas of business and government? In May 2018, those first were everywhere. Click here to read the column.
History of Children’s Book and the Women Who Wrote Them – Kalon Women Column June 2018
How ironic that there was a mystery about the author of the beloved mysteries that many of us read when we were young. Recently, we learned more about Carolyn Keene, the "author" of the Nancy Drew mystery series. Click here to read the column.
Pioneering Women Educators – A Brief Look at Education and Women – Kalon Women Column May 2018
At the time of the landing at Jamestown, the arrival of the Pilgrims, through the Revolutionary War and into the 1800s, public education as we know it today in the United States did not exist. Although institutions of high education such as Harvard University were...
Books with Strong Female Protagonists – Kalon Women Column April 2018
The movie A Wrinkle in Time, adapted from Madeline L'Engle's Newbery Medal award-winning book, started playing in theaters in March 2018. Awarded annually, the Newbery Medal is presented to the author of what is considered to be that year's most distinguished...
The History of the Tony Award – Kalon Women Column March 2018
The Oscar nominees for 2018 have been announced and shortly after this column appears in March 2018, we will know the winners. Oscars, Emmys, Grammys. Tonys. These awards are among the most significant presented to entertainers. Click here to read the column.
Women Inventors and Discoverers in History – Kalon Women Column February 2018
Google Arts & Culture is presenting exhibits on inventors and discoverers for online viewing. Five specific exhibits have been developed to present women inventors and discoverers: science, medicine, engineering, health and beauty, and household. Click here to...
Sports Women Making History – Kalon Women Column January 2018
In October 2017, the University of Virginia announced the hiring of the first African-American woman every brought in as an Athletic Director at one of the 64 power five conference schools. As the hiring of Carla Williams indicates, women are involved in sports as...
Women in Statuary Hall – December 2017 Kalon Women Column
National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C., contains statues - two from each state. Of that total, nine are women. Click here to read the column.
The History of Women Astronomers – November 2017 Kalon Women Column
On August 21, 2017, the first total solar eclipse in 99 years visible from coast to coast became a national event in the U.S. Millions of people drove to be within the band of totality; millions of others viewed the eclipse from their homes and offices through special...
Women Who Worked to Improve Human Health – October 2017 Kalon Women Column
The 2017 book, The Radium Girls, describes the terrible illnesses the women who painted radium dials on clocks and watches for their employers suffered. The book describes how the women's lawsuits against their employer eventually led to both federal and state...
Back to School – Women College Presidents – Kalon Women Column September 2017
When September and fall arrive, students head back to school and college. Although women college presidents are more prevalent today that ever, there is still a long way to go before we reach parity. This month, we are pleased to feature Elizabeth Agassiz, M. Carey...
We’re All Wonder Women! – Kalon Women August 2017 Issue
The protagonist of the movie Wonder Woman fearlessly pursues her passion. Many women on whose shoulders we all stand pursued their passions as well – passions that have provided significant benefits for society as a whole. In this month’s column, we profile some...
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Celebrating Women Veterans – Kalon Women October-December 2014 Issue
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. For full article click here.
Leaving a Legacy – Kalon Women July-September 2014 Issue
With the recent passing of Maya Angelou, we were prompted to think about the amazing legacy she left. In this column, we focus on five truly diverse women who all share the appellation: trailblazers. For the full article click here.
Poetic Women in History – Kalon Women April-June 2014 Issue
Did you know that a woman wrote Battle Hymn of the Republic? Or that the Hymn Blessed Assurance was written by a women? What about the poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty which was written by a woman? To view full article click here
Business Planning – Kalon Women January-March 2014 Issue
In 1825 (with a newborn), upon her husband's death, Rebecca Webb Lukens took over the management of the almost bankrupt Brandywine Iron Works in what is now Coatesville, Pennsylvania. This was the first American company to make a boiler plate and hull plates for...
A Little Fashion History – Kalon Women October-December 2013 Issue
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...
Women Protecting Our Environment – Kalon Women June 2013 Issue
Women have been involved in using the Earth's resources in an environmentally friendly manner for thousands of years. This month, we profile four women whose passion was to live and work in harmony with our environment. For full article click here.
Women’s History of Physical Fitness – Kalon Women May 2013 Issue
It is only recently that physical fitness has become a part of many women's daily regimen. In face, for many years , it was erroneously believed that active physical labor would harm a woman's reproductive system! One wonders how the male physicians (and they were...
History of Lawn and Garden – Kalon Women April 2013
As we look at this month's theme of lawn and garden, we think of the many women before us profiled in our book. Historical women have identified plans, advanced gardening and led the way to the beautification of our country. For full article click here.
International Women’s Day – March 8 – Kalon Women March 2013 Issue
With the feature for this month of women internationally, we focus on women whose efforts in government, business and politics have spanned the globe. For full article click here.
Black Women in History – Kalon Women February 2013 Issue
During Black History Month, we are honored to provide a brief sketch of four African-American women who both changed America and who have been featured on U.S. postage stamps. For full article click here.
Hobbies – Kalon Women January 2013 Issue
What are your favorite outside of work activities? In this month's column, we profile women who pursued what others might consider hobbies - and made a career out of them. For full article click here.
Business Planning – Kalon Women December 2012 Issue
For many years of our country's history, women entered businesses that they knew best. As you think about this, recognize that women were not 'allowed' in many businesses and professions. We do take so much for granted today. So, women really concentrated on their...
Families – Kalon Women November 2012 Issue
For the theme of family this November, we wanted to draw your attention to women who have helped dress women when they were in a “family way.” Did you know that before the early 1900s, ‘proper’ women could not be seen in public when they were pregnant? We are...
Halloween – Not So Scary Anymore – Kalon Women October 2012 Issue
With the month of October, out thoughts turn to scary costumes and haunted houses, as we celebrate Halloween. Fortunately, we do not need to also be worried about quite a number of scary illnesses and diseases. For this, we can thank the efforts of women scientists...
Women Who Network Change The World – Kalon Women September 2012 Issue
As we think about women and their friendships during the month of September, we are drawn to the thought that women change the world through their networks of friends and acquaintances. Five women who changed the world met in Waterloo, New York and decided to hold the...
Leaving a Legacy – Kalon Women August 2012 Issue
As we go about our daily lives, not many of us think about the rights and priveledges that we enjoy as American women of the 21st century. Legal rights did not exist for women when colonists first come over from Europe countries in face, at that time, women existed in...
Women Athletes – Kalon Women July 2012 Issue
When you take your daughters to soccer practice (or another sport's practice), recognize that not so many years ago, the accepted dogma was that physical activity would damage a woman's reproductive system! This month, we profile pioneering athletic woman which is...
Extreme Vacations – Kalon Women June 2012 Issue
As many of us get ready to travel with our families on vacation across the continental U.S., to Alaska or Hawaii, or perhaps overseas over the summer months, we take this opportunity to applaud some of the women who have participated in what might be regarded as...
Mental Health – Kalon Women May 2012 Issue
Unlike a broken arm, which is obvious and requires immediate medical attention, mental health issues are not always immediately recognized, nor have there always been effective medical treatment. For view full article click here
Women Poets – Kalon Women April 2012 Issue
Many of us today write ourselves little notes on "stickies." Or we journal and record out thoughts of times and events - both intriguing and banal. How many of us actually write in a way that would record our thoughts for our families, our children, or, even,...
Developing Youth Leadership – Kalon Women March 2012 Issue
March 12, 2012 is a special day for many women in the United States and around the world - it marks the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting. Another youth leadership organization that has recently celebrated its centennial is 4-H. Both were founded by women: and their...
Valentine’s Day Benevolence & Brotherhood – Kalon Women February 2012 Issue
In February of each year, we celebrate Valentine's Day. It is an opportunity to ac knowledge those people in our lives whom we love. The word "love" is a rich one that has several expansive connotations. One of the definitions of love is "the feeling of benevolence...
Mentoring – Kalon Women January 2012 Issue
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....
Tis the season! – Kalon Women December 2011 Issue
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...
Diabetes – Kalon Women November 2011 Issue
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...
Breast Cancer – Kalon Women October 2011 Issue
Women diagnosed with breast cancer today have many options for treatment and the ability to have a female doctor to handle her care. In this month's column, we feature pioneering women doctors and women who followed in the footsteps of those pioneers. For full...
Menopause – the rest of the story – Kalon Women September 2011
As we noted in last month's column on menopause, many women become outstanding in their field during this special time in their lives. In this column, we highlight four Nobel Laureates in the sciences. For full article click here.
Menopause – Kalon Women August 2011
For many women, the onset of menopause occurs around the time that their children leave home. In this month's column, we profile four women who made significant political contributions after the "change of life." For full article click here.
Women’s Health and Wellness – Kalon Women July 2011
Many readers of this column work out regularly. In this column, we profile women who brought new ideas about health and wellness to the forefront. For full article click here.
Travel – Kalon Women June 2011
As we anticipate the school year ending and the warm days of summer, we reflect on modes of transportation, vacations and places to visit with our families in the western part of the United States. In this month's column, we draw attention to four intriguing entries...
Mothers – Kalon Women May 2011
The U.S. Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 770), has designated the second Sunday in May each year as "Mother's Day" and requested the President to call for its appropriate observance. In this month's column we profile some women who...
Women in Business – Kalon Women April 2011
For this month's focus on women in business, we have chosen to feature women in financial businesses: banking and Wall Street. Women are still pioneering in finance and Wall Street and breaking new ground in the 21st century. For full article click here.
Women’s History – Kalon Women March 2011 Issue
On July 19-20, 1848, one of the most significant historic events for American women occurred at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York: the first women's right convention. To view full article click here
Music is Love in Search of a Word – Kalon Women February 2011 Issue
"Music is love in search of a word." We focus, during this month of celebration of love, on women who personified music as love in search of word: women musicians, composers, singers, and conductors. To view full article click here
Change is a Constant – Kalon Women January 2011 Issue
Change is a constant in our lives - in fact, it has been said that the only contastant is change! Not only are out personal lives in transition, but changes are accurring continuously in politics, business, science, the arts, in fact - everywhere. To view full article...
Preparing for the Holidays – Kalon Women December 2010 Issue
Kalon Women - December column It's hard to believe that it is December already and time to prepare for the holidays that will be celebrated this month! As we think about the various holidays, we are reminded that women helped establish religious traditions and...
Diabetes – Kalon Women November 2010 Issue
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 220 million people worldwide have diabetes. In the U.S., it is estimated that approximately 24 million people, or just under 8% of the population, have been struck with this disease - and its incidence is...
Breast Cancer – Kalon Women October 2010 Issue
A Women is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes in the United States. Breast cancer strikes one in eight women. The statistics are staggering; they are even more powerful when the stat becomes humanized because you KNOW one of these women. To view full...
Chain Chain Change. Change of life – Kalon Women September 2010 Issue
For those of us who enter menopause it generally begins around age fifty and is the final stage of a woman's life. Recent articles and life attitudes have addressed this phase as a fruitful opportunity for significant changes and the chance for growth and life...
Menopause – Kalon Women August 2010 Issue
Margaret Mead and Elizabeth Stanton - Most readers will recognize the names of these two famous women. Mead lived from 1901-1978 and Stanton from 1815 - 1902. Readers of our monthly column know that we enjoy highlighting women from our book Her Story: A Timeline of...
Health and Wellness – Kalon Women July 2010 Issue
Women have been instrumental in advocating for women's health and for taking the lead in helping to save the health of our planet another form of ―wellness. To view full article click here
Travel – Kalon Women June 2010 Issue
In the United States, June means summertime. School is over. For many of us it is time to pack the family into the minivan (or go to the airport) and see America! Of course, it wasn't always this easy to travel around our great country. Join us as we describe some of...
Mothers – Kalon Women May 2010 Issue
In May of each year, on one day, most of us take some time to celebrate our mothers. It would be nice to celebrate the women who gave birth to us, the women who nurtured us through many of life‘s ups and down and the women who made sacrifices for us so that we could...
Women in Business – Kalon Women April 2010 Issue
Do you have new and creative ideas you wish to develop as a business? Or are you already a business entrepreneur? Then you are following in the footsteps of many women before you who both developed new business concepts and contributed significantly to the strength of...
Women’s History – Kalon Women March 2010 Issue
In the 1970s, a small group of committed feminist activists in California began an organization they called the National Women‘s History Research Project (later called the National Women‘s History Project or NWHP—see www.nwhp.org). Why is this important? Because the...