The arts, including dance, are an important part of our culture. Women have innovated in dance theory, founded whole new schools of dance and thrilled us with their beauty and grace. Who can forget Ginger Rogers who did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels? Or the beautiful ballet of Maria Tallchief? In this month’s ENewsletter we profile two women who brought the art of dance to new levels: Ruth St. Denis and Judith Jamison.
Ruth St. Denis began acting and dancing in vaudeville and musical comedies when she was in her teens. In 1906, she premiered her first dance work in New York City; she incorporated Asian art and dance into her performance.
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.
Newspapers have been important sources of information during much of this country’s history. In this month’s ENewsletter we profile two women who ran newspapers and made historic contributions in those roles: Mary Katherine Goddard and Katharine Graham.
Born in 1738, Mary Katherine Goddard learned the printing business from her brother in Providence, Rhode Island, after the death of her physician father. With her mother, she published the Providence Gazette.
Women contribute in every field of endeavor – including as architects. Their contributions have been recognized for more than 100 years in this profession.
Women’s contributions to education which include everything from endowing the schools to running them have occurred at every level from pre-school through graduate school. In this month’s ENewsletter we profile two women who served as college presidents, where they improved higher education with their groundbreaking accomplishments.
The second president of Bryn Mawr College, M. Carey Thomas,was raised in a Quaker family and overcame her father’s objections to attend college. She graduated from Cornell University in 1877 and then pursued graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Leipzig.
