by Amy Land | Dec 13, 2018 | In The News, Newsletters
National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C., contains 100 statues – two from each state. Of that total, nine (9%) are women – Helen Keller (Alabama), Dr. Florence Sabin (Colorado), Frances Willard (Illinois), Maria Sanford (Minnesota), Jeannette Rankin (Montana), Sarah Winnemucca (Nevada), Sakakawea (North Dakota), Mother Joseph (Washington), and Esther Hobart Morris (Wyoming). In this month’s ENewsletter, we feature two of these outstanding women – Sakakawea and Sarah Winnemucca, both of whom have been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
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by Amy Land | Sep 1, 2018 | In The News, Newsletters
Ella Brennan, a well-known, well respected New Orleans restaurant owner, nurtured celebrity
chefs, but didn’t believe it appropriate to worship them, “A restaurant is not a church, where you
have to be quiet and kneel,” she said. Brennan, whose family owned more than a dozen different
restaurants, died earlier this year. Thinking of her reminded us to share the story of two other
remarkable women in the food business: Romana Bañuelos and Ruth Fertel.
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by Amy Land | Oct 31, 2017 | In The News, Newsletters
Business Week recently featured an article on the economics of racing cars. It highlighted Julia Landauer, referred to as the best female racer since Danica Patrick. Do you know that Shirley Muldowney and Janet Guthrie actually paved the way for Danica Patrick and Julia Landauer?
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by Jill Tietjen | Apr 1, 2013 | In The News, Newsletters
On March 7, 2013, the National Women’s Hall of Fame (www.greatwomen.org) announced its 2013 inductees. Five of the women to be inducted October 12, 2013 are profiled in our book Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America. For our April enewsletter, we profile two of these women – racing jockey Julie Krone and feminist writer Kate Millett.
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by Jill Tietjen | Dec 1, 2012 | In The News, Kalon Women Magazine
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 experiences in the homes.
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