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.
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During 2018, the United States Postal Service has selected two women to be featured on U.S.
postage stamps. These stamps have already been released; they feature Lena Horne and Sally
Ride. Let’s learn more about these amazing women!
For over seventy years, actress, singer and dancer Lena Horne excelled in her entertainment
career. In 1933, at age 16, she appeared in the chorus line of the Cotton Club in New York City.
She made her first records in the late 1930s and also appeared in a few low-budget movies. Her
movie debut was in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1942 movie Panama Hattie. In 1943 she performed
the title song to the movie Stormy Weather. Her career was thwarted as she was not cast in
leading roles because she was African American.
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.
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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.
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May 2018 was a month in which women achieved firsts in politics and government. Gina Haspel became the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency, after her confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Stacey Abrams became the first African-American woman to win a major party nomination for Governor, when the Democrats in Georgia put her on their slate. Their accomplishments are significant; we cannot forget that the groundwork was laid by many other earlier women, including two profiled in this month’s enewsletter: Jeannette Rankin and Sandra Day O’Connor. Both Rankin and O’Connor have been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
